What is the nervous system?
The nervous system is made up of the brain, spinal cord and nerves. It controls much of what you think and feel and what your body does. It allows you to do things like walk, speak, swallow, breathe and learn. It also controls how the body reacts in an emergency.
What is the digestive system?
The organs that take in food and liquids and break them down into substances that the body can use for energy, growth, and tissue repair. Waste products the body cannot use leave the body through bowel movements.
Similarities (or how they function together):
When we eat, our brain sends signals to our digestive tract so that it can break down what we eat into smaller molecules for absorption into our bloodstream. The nervous system controls the digestive system by sending signals to the brain and organs.
Differences:
The nervous system controls all your senses, and movements. While the digestive system controls your food
I hope that helped!
