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unnecessary residue is discharged from the body by the excre-
tion system. The phases that the food eaten passes through in
the intestines are also very important. Digestion continues in
the intestines as in the stomach. Nutriments are broken into
even smaller particles. They are now so small that they are ab-
sorbed by the blood vessels around the intestines and are in-
volved in the bloodstream to be carried to every part of the body.
Children, you must have realised that the digestive system
is planned completely and perfectly. During this journey, which
starts at the mouth, proceeds along the oesophagus, the stom-
ach and the intestines, the food eaten passes through several
phases. And finally the nutriments that our body cells require
are obtained. These are absorbed in the intestines and delivered
to the body via the bloodstream. Digestion of food would be
very hard if this mechanism did not work so perfectly. First of
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