summarising

Summarising task Please read the paragraphs below and take out the key information 1. MOUTH It all starts here! Up to 28 strong teeth* chomp your food, breaking it into smaller bits. Meanwhile, the tongue keeps moving the food around, shifting it to the type of teeth that will be best at munching it. It also squeezes the chewed grub into swallowable lumps, pushing them back towards the throat. Gulp! summary:It all starts here! Up to 28 strong teeth* chomp your food, breaking it into smaller bits. tongue keeps moving the food around, shifting it to the type of teeth that will be best at munching it. 2. OESOPHAGUS Also known as the gullet, this 25cm-long tube contracts to shift chewed food down to your stomach. The squeezing motion of the muscles is called peristalsis and it occurs throughout the digestive system. A slimy mucus is also oozed from the oesophagus to help the food on its way. Easy does it! summary:Also known as the gullet, this 25cm-long tube contracts to shift chewed food. The squeezing motion of the muscles is called peristalsis and it occurs throughout the digestive system. 3. STOMACH Next stop – the stomach! This stretchy muscular bag is about the size of a tennis ball when it's empty, but expands to the size of a football to store a massive meal. As soon as food plops inside, the stomach lining releases digestive juices and acid that break down the food even more, killing harmful bacteria. Muscles slosh and squelch the food together with the juices until it becomes a sloppy soup called chyme that’s ready to be squirted into the small intestine… summary: Next stop – the stomach! This stretchy muscular bag is about the size of a tennis ball when it's empty, but expands to the size of a football to store a massive meal. with the juices until it becomes a sloppy soup called chyme… 4. SMALL INTESTINE Despite the name, this section of your digestive tract is really not that small – it's a whopping 6.5-metres-long! It's in this 3cm-wide tube that all the nutrients in your mushed-up food pass through the small-intestine lining into the blood. Once all the goodness is gone, the sloppy mixture passes to the next part of the intestines… summary:Despite the name, this section of your digestive tract is really not that small – it's a whopping 6.5-metres-long! It's in this 3cm-wide tube that all the nutrients in your mushed-up food pass through. 5. LARGE INTESTINE More than twice as wide as the small intestine, but only 1.5-metres-long, the job of the large intestine is to soak up water, salts and minerals from the indigestible leftovers. Finally, the remaining semi-solid waste, called faeces, travels to the lower colon and rectum for storage. When you go to the loo, a ring of muscle called the anus relaxes to allow the poo out! Super and stinky! summary: More than twice as wide as the small intestine, but only 1.5-metres-long, the job of the large intestine is to soak up water, salts and minerals from the indigestible leftovers. Finally, the remaining semi-solid waste, called faeces, travels to the lower colon and rectum for storage.