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the mouth chews the food and mixes the food with saliva to begin it's break down. Next, the food goes down the esophagus and to the stomach. In the Stomach, food is mixed with digestive Juices and broken down even more. Then, the food travels through the small intestine and the nuitrients is taken out of the food and released to your body. After that, food enters the large intestine and any nuitrients that were not taken in the small intestine are absorbed here. Last, what is left over is stored in the rectum so the waste can be gotten rid of
The parts of the digestive system and their functions are listed below:
Mouth - physical digestion of food using teeth and taste of food to detect toxins etc.
Salivary Glands - produces saliva when the body thinks it is, or is, getting food. The saliva has enzymes and helps to break down the food
Pharynx - just a passage really and also where the food is sent into the correct passageway
Esophagus - the tube that carries the food bollus from the pharynx to the stomach using peristalsis
Stomach - physical mixing of food, chemical digestion of proteins into oligopeptides, abosorption of some alcohol, mechanical digestion: contracting of the muscles
Liver- produces acids (bile) that help to break food down in the stomach on its way to the small intestine
Gallbladder: stores the bile that is produces by the liver
Pancreas - the pancreas helps to digest the food
Small intestine - Well in fact this is the most crucial organ, it is involved in chemical digestion of both fats (using lipases and bile) an carohydrates using pancreatic amylase as well as absorption of almost all the nutrients into the blood stream.
Colon - this is also known as the large intestine and is important for water absorption and sotrage of fecease to some extent
Rectum - stores some fecease and help with defecation
Anus - through this the fecease must pass out to reach outside world
In the digestive system, the mouth plays the function of breaking down large food particles for easy swallowing, the stomach contains acids and enzymes that further break down the food. Afterwards, the small intestine absorbs most of the nutrients into the blood stream.
- palate
- salivary glands
- tongue
- epiglottis
- esophagus
- stomach
- liver
- gallbladder
- pancreas
- small intestine (comprised of the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum)
- large intestine (comprised of the cecum, ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon, and rectum)
- anus
- vermiform appendix
The stomach the small intestine, the large intestine,the ceacum, pancreas ,gall bladder,the liver,colon.
Teeth, salivary glands, tongue, esophagus, stomach, duodenum, colon, rectum, anus--liver, gall bladder, kidneys, pancreas also contribute to digestion
1.kidney-remove waste
2.large and small intestines-remove nutrients
3.gall bladder-stores bile
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What structures like stomach and intestines called?
Part of the digestive system
What are structures like stomach and intestines called?
Part of the digestive system
The gullet is part of what system?
The Gullet Is Part Of The Digestive System
Gallbladder and pancreas are part of what system?
the gall bladder is part of the digestive system because it It produces and stores the bile.
Why do you suppose many different structures are needed by the digestion system?
Many different structures are needed by the digestive system to function different parts of the digestive system.
Is the trachea part of the digestive system?
No, the trachea is not part of the digestive system. It is part of the respiratory system and functions to carry air to and from the lungs for breathing.
Is esophagus part of the respiratory system?
No. The esophagus is part of the digestive system. The pharynx is part of both the digestive and respiratory systems.
Is the bronchus part of the digestive system?
yes the bronchus is part of the digestive system.
Why are many different structures needed by the digestive system?
The digestive system is made up of many structures. Humans need different structures to process the varieties of foods we eat on a daily basis.
Is the stomach an organ that is part of the digestive system?
The stomach is an organ in the digestive system.
How does each part of the digestive system contribute to digestoin?
what does each part do in the digestive system
Are the rectum and urethra part of human digestive system?
The rectum is part of the digestive system. Both are part of the excretory system. The urethra is part of the urinary system.
