Epiglottis Digestive System

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The digestive system is a system that allows you to gain energy from the food you eat. The digestive system is made up of the mouth, the esophagus, the epiglottis, the stomach, both the sphincter and the pylorus, the liver, and finally the small intestine and the large intestine. The mouth breaks down the food into smaller pieces and then the tongue moves the chewed up food to the throat. Then the food travels down the esophagus into the stomach. When you swallow the epiglottis moves the food down the esophagus and not the windpipe. After it reaches the stomach the sphincter and pylorus close so that the food stays in the stomach during digestion. This is when the stomach releases digestive juices to further the breaking down of the food. After

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