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The stomach is like a bag and secretes digestive juices which help in the

digestion of food. The food gets mixed thoroughly with these digestive juices to

form a paste. It goes from our stomach to the small intestine, a long, thin tube

where it is digested further. The digestive juices break down the food more and

more throughout the process.

Finally, blood absorbs the digested food through the walls of the small intestine

and distributes it to all parts of the body. The undigested food passes into the

large intestine and is later removed
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from the body as waste. Out Which acid is produced in the stomach?

Liver

The liver is the largest internal organ of our body. It is located on the right side

of the stomach. The liver helps in the digestion of fats by

breaking them and controlling blood sugar levels. It also

helps in removing harmful chemicals from the body in

Liver the form of waste material through the kidneys.

Did You Fatty liver disease is a condition where fat builds up in the liver, causing damage and
Know? serious problems. Obesity, high-fat diets, excessive
alcohol consumption, and diabetes are all risk
factors. In most cases, persons with fatty liver
disease are advised to change their diets, exercise
regularly, and lose weight Normal liver Fatty liver

Kidneys

The kidneys are a pair of bean-shaped organs inside our

body. They are located on both sides of our spinal cord,

near the waistline. Kidneys help to remove waste from our
Kidney
bodies. They filter all the waste from the blood. The waste

gets collected in the form of urine in the urinary bladder

and is passed out as urine.

Think & People are born with two kidneys, yet they can
Answer still live a healthy life with just one kidney. How?
Urinary bladder

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