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How We Digest

 
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How do we turn food into energy, blood and bones? Take a fantastic journey through our digestive system - find out what all the bits do, and why we couldn't live without them.

Screenshot from the interactive

Click here to open the digestive system

The tool is a Flash file, but if you don't have Flash on your computer, click here to get it

Content last updated: 19/04/2005

 
 
 

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