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Digestive System

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Digestive System

1. Mouth 10. esophagus


2. Pancreas 11. rectum
3. Intestine 12. anus
4. Liver 13. heart
5 Pharynx 14. blood
6 Stomach 15. veins
7 Gallbladder
8 Bile
9 Digestion
mouth
● Ingests food
● Chews and mixes food
•Mouth- Chews and mixes food
•Pharynx
-Propels food from the oral cavity to
the esophagus
•Esophagus
-Propels food to the stomach
stomach
● Mixes and churns food with gastric juices to
form chyme
● Begins chemical breakdown of proteins
● Releases food into the duodenum as chyme
● Absorbs some fat-soluble substances (for
example, alcohol, aspirin)
Possesses antimicrobial functions
Small Intestine
● Mixes chyme with digestive juices
● Propels food at a rate slow enough for digestion
and absorption
● Absorbs breakdown products of carbohydrates,
proteins, lipids, and
nucleic acids, along with vitamins, minerals, and
water
Performs physical digestion via segmentation
Accessory Organs
•Liver: produces bile salts, which
emulsify lipids, aiding their
digestion and absorption
• Gallbladder: stores,
concentrates, and releases bile
•Pancreas: produces digestive
enzymes and bicarbonate
pancreas

liver

gallbladder
Large Intestine
• Further breaks down food residues
• Absorbs most residual water, electrolytes,
and vitamins produced by enteric bacteria
• Propels feces toward rectum
• Eliminates feces
Rectum
● receive stool from the colon,
● to let the person know that there is stool
to be evacuated, and
to hold the stool until evacuation happens.
Anus
● the opening at the end of the
alimentary canal through which
solid waste matter leaves the body.
1._______ receive stool from the colon
2. ______ is the opening at the end of the alimentary
canal through which solid waste matter leaves the
body.
3______Absorbs breakdown products of
carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and
nucleic acids, along with vitamins, minerals, and water
4.______produces bile salts, which emulsify lipids,
aiding their digestion and absorption
5.______Propels food to the stomach also called food
pipe

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