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First, food is softened in your mouth by chewing.Once swallowed it is attacked by acids in your stomach and intestines until it is so broken down that the chemical can pass through the walls of the tube into the blood or lymph system.Finally, what ever the body cannot digest is excreted as feces.
This is the process by which food is digested:
- Your teeth break down large chunks of food
- It passes down through a tube called the esophagus which connects the throat and stomach.
- The stomach then stores the food and liquid
- Later, the stomach excretes fluids and mixes the food/liquid/fluids together
- The mixture slowly flows down into the small intestine
- The food gets dissolved by the pancreas, liver, and intestine
- The digested nutrients are passed into the intestinal walls. From here, they are transported throughout the body
- Wastes such as old or worn out cells and fiber are stored in the colon until the feces are expelled by bowel movement.
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What is the pathway food travels through in the digestive system in order?
first the food passes through your esophagus then to your small intestines and then your large intestines
Does an oyster have a one-way or two-way digestive system?
An oyster has a one-way digestive system. Food enters through the mouth and travels through the digestive tract before being expelled through the anus.
What are the main organs that food travels through in digestive system?
The digestive tract that carries food includes the mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine and large intestine. Other organs, such as the pancreas, are part of the digestive system, but don't carry the food.
Both food and air travel through what?
Both food and air travel through the digestive system. Food travels through the digestive system starting from the mouth, passing through the esophagus and stomach, and finally to the small and large intestines for absorption. Air travels through the respiratory system starting from the nose or mouth, passing through the trachea and bronchial tubes, and finally reaching the lungs for oxygen exchange.
How does the muscular system help the digestive system?
The digestive system has smooth muscle through out it, and they help move the food.
How does the digestive system move food through itself?
Muscle motion in your digestive system called Peristalsis helps the food to travel through your digestive system.
Do absorption move food through the digestive system?
Digestive
Blood carries food and what to every cell in the body?
Blood doesn't carry food, food travels through the digestive system (Look it up) Blood carries oxygen and iron.
What System propels food through the digestive system?
MUSCULAR
What system prepares food for the bloodstream?
The digestive system prepares food for the bloodstream. The digestive system absorbs food particles and nutrients pass through this system to the bloodstream.
What organ system chews swallows and moves food through the digestive system?
That is the organ system: digestive system.
How many feet does does food travel in the average adults digestive tract?
Food can travel up to 30 feet in the average adult's digestive tract, from the mouth to the anus. This includes passing through the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine.
