Digestive System PDF
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This document describes the digestive system, including its various organs and compartments. It explains how food travels through the system and how different organs contribute to the digestion process. It provides a brief but clear overview of the human digestive system.
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# Digestive System The food passes through a continuous canal which is divided into various compartments. ## Anatomy of the Digestive System Organs 1. **Buccal cavity:** We chew the food with the teeth and break down mechanically into small pieces. 2. **Foodpipe or Oesophagus:** - The swall...
# Digestive System The food passes through a continuous canal which is divided into various compartments. ## Anatomy of the Digestive System Organs 1. **Buccal cavity:** We chew the food with the teeth and break down mechanically into small pieces. 2. **Foodpipe or Oesophagus:** - The swallowed food passes into the foodpipe - Food is pushed down by movement of wall of the foodpipe. 3. **Stomach:** - It receives food from the foodpipe at one end and opens into the small intestine at the other. 4. **Small intestine:** - It receives secretions from the liver and the pancreas. - The largest gland of the body that is liver secretes bile juice which helps in digestion of fats. 5. **Large Intestine:** - It absorbs water and some salts from the undigested food material. The remaining waste passes into the rectum and remains there as semi-solid faeces. 6. **Anus:** - The faeced matter is removed through the Anus from time to time.
