Organs Of The Digestive System
Concept: Organs of the Digestive System
This concept is about the human digestive system. This will explain about different digestive system organs in detail. Students will also get an idea about the structure of digestive system.
After reading the concept, students will be able to:
- Explain human digestive system with their anatomical features.
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Understand about the
- Parts of small intestine.
- Parts of large intestine.
- Oral cavity anatomy.
- Anus function in digestive system.
- Draw a labelled diagram of human digestive system.
Each concept is explained to class 4 students using descriptions, illustrations, and concept maps. After you go through a concept, assess your learning by solving the two printable worksheets given at the end of the page.
Download the worksheets and check your answers with the worksheet solutions for the concept of Human Digestive System provided in PDF format.
What is the Digestive System?
The different organs and body parts of the human body that are involved in the process of digestion constitute the digestive system.
The human digestive system includes the gastrointestinal tract and the other accessory organs of digestion.

Digestive System Organs:






Digestive Glands:
There are five types of glands present in the digestive system—
- Salivary glands, liver, gall bladder, pancreas and gastric glands of the stomach.
- They secrete juices that facilitate the process of digestion.
New words
Glands : These are tissues or organs that produce substances required by other tissues or organs to work properly. Glands can be of two types—exocrine and endocrine.
Bile : A fluid made and secreted by the liver and stored in the gall bladder. Bile aids in digestion and helps in the breakdown of food.
Did You Know?
- When a baby grows inside the womb, her liver produces blood that carries oxygen to all parts of the body.
- The small intestine, as the name suggests, isn’t small at all. If the coiled structure is stretched out, it will cover space of the size of an entire tennis court.
- You must have heard your stomach make sounds. But do you know why it does so? It sounds the loudest when your stomach is empty. It happens due to the movement of fluids and gases in your stomach. The sound is described as ‘borborygmi’.


