Lesson: The Digestive Process Biology • Second Year of Secondary School

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In this lesson, we will learn how to describe the processes of buccal, gastric, and intestinal digestion in the human body.

Students will be able to

recall that digestion is the process of breaking down large molecules into smaller ones that can be absorbed and used by the body,
recall the overall organization of the human digestive system,
describe the role of the teeth, tongue, and salivary glands in buccal digestion and the role of the esophagus in transporting food,
describe the role of the stomach and stomach acid (gastric juice) in gastric digestion,
describe the role of the small intestine, bile, pancreatic juice, and intestinal juice in intestinal digestion.