How do the digestive circulatory and respiratory systems serve a body cell in big toe?
Digestive system:
- The digestive system provides nutrients and energy to the body cell in the big toe.
- The process begins with the ingestion of food, which is broken down in the mouth by teeth and saliva.
- The food then travels down the esophagus to the stomach, where it is further broken down by stomach acids and enzymes.
- The partially digested food then enters the small intestine, where it is further broken down by enzymes from the pancreas and bile from the liver.
- The nutrients from the food are then absorbed into the bloodstream through the walls of the small intestine.
- Undigested food moves into the large intestine, where water and electrolytes are absorbed, and the remaining waste is eliminated as feces.
Circulatory system:
- The circulatory system transports the nutrients, oxygen, and hormones from the digestive system to the body cell in the big toe.
- The heart pumps oxygenated blood from the lungs through the arteries to the capillaries, which are small blood vessels that surround the body's cells.
- The nutrients and oxygen from the blood diffuse into the body cell, while the waste products of cellular metabolism diffuse out of the cell and into the capillaries.
- The deoxygenated blood then flows back to the heart through the veins.
Respiratory system
- The respiratory system provides oxygen to the body cell in the big toe and removes carbon dioxide, a waste product of cellular metabolism.
- During inhalation, air is drawn into the lungs through the nose or mouth.
- The air travels down the trachea and into the bronchi, which are the smaller branches of the trachea.
- The bronchi lead to the alveoli, which are tiny sacs in the lungs where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place.
- Oxygen diffuses from the alveoli into the bloodstream through the capillaries, while carbon dioxide diffuses out of the bloodstream and into the alveoli.
- During exhalation, the carbon dioxide-rich air is expelled from the lungs through the nose or mouth.