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functions of digestive system (4)
breakdown of food into small nutrient particles; digestion
absorbtion of nutrients into blood and lymph; absorbtion
eliminate the feces; defaction
keep unwanted materials out of blood; protection
oral cavity
ingestion, identifty of food, mastication, secretion of saliva
oropharynx
carries the bulus from the oral cavity to the laryngopharynx
larygopharynx
carries the bulus from the oropharynx to the esophagus
esophagus
caries the bulus from the laryngopharynx to the stomach
stomach
carries the chyme from the eophagus to the duodenum
duodenum
carries the chyme from the stomach to the jejunum
jejunum
carries they chyme from the duodenum to the ileum
ileum
carries they chyme from the jejunum to the large intestine
brunners gland
secretes watery alkaline mucous to neutralize the acidic chyme
Pancreas
secretes digestive enzymes and pancreatic juice
which is then carried by the pancreatic duct to the duodenum
liver
secretes bile
hepatocytes
: manufacture bile
Not fat
: hepatic duct- common hepatic duct- cystic duct- gallbladder
fat
: gallbladder- cystic duct- common bile duct- dupdenum
digestive juice is
bile from liver and pancreatic juice
large intestine
carries fecal from the ilium to the cecum
peyers patches kill
bactera that comes from the large intestine
ascening colon
carries fecal from cecum to the transverse colon
transverse colon
carries fecal from the ascending colon to the desending colon
desending colon
carries fecal from the transverse colon to the sigmoid colon
sigmoid colon
carries fecal from the desending colon to the rectum
rectum
carries fecal from the sigmoid colon to the anus
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digestive system
Description
anatomy
Updated
2011-11-28T06:18:15Z
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