Digestive System
Digestive system used for digesting food and absorbing nutrients.
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Parts and Functions:
· Mouth- where food enter the digestion system
· Esophagus- transport food from mouth to cardiac stomach
· Cardiac Stomach- digests food then to pyloric stomach
· Pyloric Stomach- 2nd stomach breaks down food stomach
· Rugae- gives stomach greater surface area
· Liver- makes bile for digestion
· Cardiac Sphincter- separates stomach
· Pyloric Sphincter- transfers food into small intestine
· Mesentery- holds digestive organs together
· Gall Bladder- stores extra bile
· Common Bile Duct- transfers bile to digestive organs
· Pancreas- makes digestive enzymes
· Duodenum- small tube the small intestine that gall bladder empties to
· Ileum- absorbs nutrients form food
· Spiral Valve- lets the ileum increase in size
· Colon- absorbs water
· Rectum- absorbs water
· Cloaca- the digestive tracts exit
