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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

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anatomy

Updated

2011-11-28T06:18:15Z

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