Period+1-Digestive-Script

(theme song) Victoria- hi im Victoria and welcome to Your Body Network. Today i will be interviewing Blake live while he is on his trip through the digestive system. Blake was shrunk down to the size of a small food molecule from our handy dandy super shrinker! The digestive system is a very important part of you body! Its main function it to break down and digestive food.
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Blake- hello Victoria, I am right now entering the mouth at the size of a small food molecule witch is a very dangerous part of the body for me to be in because I am surrounded by giant teeth.

Victoria- Oh dear, looks like your in for some trouble. Watch out for the esophagus its gonna be a steep waterside! From the esophagus you will be entering the stomach basically after you put food or liquid in your mouth and chomp it up it will slide down the esophagus to be further digested in the stomach.

Blake-thanks for the heads up I can see it coming up, ahhhhhhhhhhhhh

Victoria-Hello? Hello,are you there? Are you at the stomach yet?**


 * Blake-not yet but I am at the bottom of the esophagus passing the liver which is the the main place for nutrients absorbed from the small intestine.

Victoria- Oh I see. Well then it looks like you are about to enter the stomach which basically holds all of the food which would have already been eaten and it would have already slid down the esophagus. Watch out it could get a little sticky!**


 * Blake-I am in the stomach now and I think that I can see a few chunks of hot dog in here. looks like the sack attached to the liver called the gallbladder is coming my way. The gallbladder is storage for bile which is made in the liver and passed up to the gallbladder.

Victoria- Ew! That is disgusting! Wow your almost half way through the digestive system! Keep it up Blake! Have you entered the pancreas yet?**


 * Blake- yes I am almost through the organ. the pancreas's main job is to generate digestive enzymes into the small intestine.

Victoria- Make sure that you go around towards the colon so that you don't miss it! The colon is a very important part of the digestive system one of its main functions is to receive water and undigested food.It also absorbs water and food so that it can break it down so it is able to pass through.

Blake-yep that's right. I am passing through the colon right now and it is a very bumpy ride.

Victoria- Well be careful! Don't forget to pass through the small intestine and the appendix!**


 * Blake-oh no, it looks like I just missed the main entrance to the small intestine and then at the end of the small intestine the appendix.

Victoria- Well then while we are waiting for you to arrive at the small intestine and appendix i will remind everyone a little bit about each of them.

Blake- OK!

Victoria- We will begin with the appendix. The appendix does not have an actual function. It is used as some form of protection and can sometimes catch materials going through the digestive system. Some people do not have their appendix because it would have inflamed and would have caused you to get a very bad stomach ache this would cause the doctors to surgically remove it and you would be just fine living without it.**


 * Blake:yep, that's right. I would not want to miss the main food breakdown spot otherwise known as the small intestine.

Victoria- Just a little fun fact! Did you know that the small intestine is about 10 feet long? Yep that's right! It begins at the stomach and does not end until the large intestine.**


 * Blake: wow, that is a long way. and did you Know that it is divided into 3 parts.

Victoria- I sure did! The three different parts are called the duodenum, the jejunum, and lastly the ileum.**


 * Blake: I am almost through the small intestine and am about to enter the rectum which is also known as the large intestine its job is to receive undigested food.**


 * Victoria- Soon you will be entering the circulatory system but looks like that's all the time we have today! Remember the digestive system is very important part if your body its three main functions are to break down food, then the food molecules are absorbed and taken throughout the body in your blood, finally wastes are taken away from the body! Well see ya next time on your body network for Blakes next adventure through the circulatory system.**


 * Blake- See ya next time!**