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Mouth Food goes in mouth, chewing and saliva break

the food into pieces and make it easier to digest.


Oesophagus Food then goes to oesphagus, which is a
muscular tube from the throat to stomach. It uses a
bunch of contractions, called peristalsis, to pass food to
the stomach. The lower oesophageal sphincter, a valve,
opens to let food through into the stomach, then closes
aftwewards to keep the food from going back into the
oesophagus.
Stomach The stomach continues breaking food down
through acid and enzymes. The stomach has a defence
system that prevents the stomach juices from
damaging it. The food is like a liquid or a paste when it
leaves the stomach for the small intestine.
The small intestine Food is continued to be broken
down using enzymes released by pancreas and bile
that comes from the liver. The small intestine is made
up of three parts: duodenum, jejunum, and ileum. The
duodenum continues the process of breaking down the
food, while the jejunum and ileum are responsible for
absorption of nutrients into the bloodstream. Food is
moved through and mixed up with digestive juices by
contractions.
Pancreas The oblong pancreas secretes enzymes to the
small intestine, which break down protein, fat, and
carbohydrates from what we eat.
Liver The liver does many things. The main two
functions are to make and secrete bile and to purify and
clean blood coming from the small intestine.
Gallbladder The pear shaped gallbladder is a reservoir
of bile that is under the liver. Bile produced in the liver
travels through a channel called the cystic duct into the

gallbladder. When you eat, the gallbladder contracts


and sends bile to the small intestine.
Large intestine The remains of your food is given to the
large intestine (also known as the colon) after nutrients
are absorbed and all leftover liquid has passed through
the small intestine.
The large intestine is a 1.5 to 2 metre long muscular
tube that connects the first part of the large intestine
(the cecum) to the last part (the rectum). The cecum,
ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon
and the sigmoid colon make up the large intestine.
Stool is waste left over from the digestive process, and
is mostly food debris and bacteria. Contractions pass
the stool through the colon. It usually takes around 36
hours for stool to get through the large intestine. It is
originally liquid, but it becomes solid as water is
removed from the stool. Stool is stored in the sigmoid
colon, until it is emptied once or twice a day into the
rectum by a mass movement. The descending colon
empties stool into the rectum when it becomes full.
Rectum The rectum is an 8 inch chamber that connects
the large intestine to the anus. The rectum receives
stool from the intestine, to inform you about stool that
needs evacuating and to hold it in until it is released.
The rectum has sensors that send a message to the
brain when anything comes into it. Contents inside the
rectum can be released if the brain decides that it can.
If the brain approves, the muscles (sphincters) relax
and the rectum contracts, releasing the contents. If
they cannot be released, the sphincters contract so
that the feeling goes away temporarily.

Anus The last part of the digestive system is the anus.


It is made up of pelvic floor muscles and two internal
and external muscles (sphincters). The upper anus is
specially lined to detect rectal contents and inform us
whether the contents are liquid, solid or gas. An angle
is created by the pelvic floor muscle between the anus
and the rectum that stops stool coming out when it
isnt supposed to. The internal sphincter stops us from
releasing contents when we are unaware of the stool or
when we are sleeping. The external sphincter keeps the
stool in when we need to release until we can get to the
toilet.
References
http://www.webmd.com/heartburn-gerd/your-digestive-system
http://www.innerbody.com/anatomy/digestive/cystic-duct

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