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Digestive System Overview Table

The document provides a detailed overview of the human digestive system, listing various organs, their parts, and their functions. Key functions include mechanical and chemical digestion in the mouth, nutrient absorption in the small intestine, and waste elimination through the anus. Each organ's specific roles and components are outlined to illustrate their contributions to the digestive process.

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Digestive System Overview Table

The document provides a detailed overview of the human digestive system, listing various organs, their parts, and their functions. Key functions include mechanical and chemical digestion in the mouth, nutrient absorption in the small intestine, and waste elimination through the anus. Each organ's specific roles and components are outlined to illustrate their contributions to the digestive process.

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Digestive System Table

Organ Parts of the Organ Function of the Function of the


Organ Parts
Mouth Teeth, Tongue, Begins mechanical Teeth: Chew food;
Salivary Glands and chemical Tongue: Mixes food
digestion and helps
swallowing; Salivary
Glands: Produce
saliva with enzymes.
Pharynx (Throat) N/A Transports food N/A
from mouth to
esophagus
Esophagus Upper and Lower Moves food to Sphincters: Prevent
Esophageal stomach through backflow of food.
Sphincters peristalsis
Stomach Cardia, Fundus, Mixes food with Cardia: Entry of
Body, Pylorus, gastric juice; begins food; Fundus &
Gastric Glands protein digestion Body: Store and
churn food; Pylorus:
Controls emptying
to small intestine;
Gastric Glands:
Secrete enzymes
and acids.
Small Intestine Duodenum, Digests and absorbs Duodenum:
Jejunum, Ileum, Villi, nutrients Receives bile and
Microvilli enzymes; Jejunum &
Ileum: Absorb
nutrients;
Villi/Microvilli:
Increase surface
area for absorption.
Liver Hepatic Lobes, Produces bile and Hepatic Lobes: Store
Hepatocytes processes nutrients nutrients;
Hepatocytes: Filter
blood, detoxify
substances.
Gallbladder Fundus, Body, Neck Stores and Fundus & Body:
concentrates bile Hold bile; Neck:
Releases bile into
bile duct.
Pancreas Head, Body, Tail, Produces digestive Pancreatic Ducts:
Pancreatic Ducts enzymes and Transport enzymes
hormones to small intestine.
Large Intestine Cecum, Colon Absorbs water, Cecum: Receives
(ascending, forms feces chyme; Colon:
transverse, Absorbs water;
descending, Rectum: Stores
sigmoid), Rectum feces.
Anus Internal and Controls waste Sphincters: Regulate
External Anal elimination fecal passage.
Sphincters

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