DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

Teeth

• Food needs to be broken down and chewed before entering the digestive system so that our body can easily absorb nutrients from them. Teeth break up the food.
• Taylor, Tim. "Digestive System." InnerBody. HowToMedia, Inc., 12 Oct. 2012. Web. 16 Apr. 2017.

Salivary Glands

• produces saliva which begins the process of chemically breaking down food.
• Taylor, Tim. "Digestive System." InnerBody. HowToMedia, Inc., 12 Oct. 2012. Web. 16 Apr. 2017.

Tongue

• Helps Push food down the esophagus
• Taylor, Tim. "Digestive System." InnerBody. HowToMedia, Inc., 12 Oct. 2012. Web. 16 Apr. 2017.

Esophagus

• It is the passageway between the mouth and the stomach
• Taylor, Tim. "Digestive System." InnerBody. HowToMedia, Inc., 12 Oct. 2012. Web. 16 Apr. 2017.

Stomach

• The stomach secretes acids and enzymes to break down food.
• Taylor, Tim. "Digestive System." InnerBody. HowToMedia, Inc., 12 Oct. 2012. Web. 16 Apr. 2017.

Duodenum

• The duodenum is where the digested food comes after the stomach. It its also where the pancreas, liver, and gallbladder all mix there enzymes to help digest
• Taylor, Tim. "Digestive System." InnerBody. HowToMedia, Inc., 12 Oct. 2012. Web. 16 Apr. 2017.

Pancreas

• the pancreas excretes enzymes to break down the proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, and nucleic acids in food.
• Taylor, Tim. "Digestive System." InnerBody. HowToMedia, Inc., 12 Oct. 2012. Web. 16 Apr. 2017.

Liver

• The liver secretes bile that is stored in the gallbladder used to digest fats
• Taylor, Tim. "Digestive System." InnerBody. HowToMedia, Inc., 12 Oct. 2012. Web. 16 Apr. 2017.

GallBladder

• Stores the bile produced by the liver to be secreted when a fat needs to be digested
• Taylor, Tim. "Digestive System." InnerBody. HowToMedia, Inc., 12 Oct. 2012. Web. 16 Apr. 2017.

Jejunum

• The lining of the jejunum is specialized for absorption of small nutrients digested by the duodenum
• Taylor, Tim. "Digestive System." InnerBody. HowToMedia, Inc., 12 Oct. 2012. Web. 16 Apr. 2017.

Ileum

• The ileum absorbs the products that were not absorbs by the jejunum
• Taylor, Tim. "Digestive System." InnerBody. HowToMedia, Inc., 12 Oct. 2012. Web. 16 Apr. 2017.

Cecum

• The cecum absorbs fluids and salts that remain after digestion the internal walls are coated in mucous to absorb waters and salts
• Taylor, Tim. "Digestive System." InnerBody. HowToMedia, Inc., 12 Oct. 2012. Web. 16 Apr. 2017.

Ascending Colon

• Carries feces from the cecum. Also allows bacteria to digest fecal matter to release extra vitamins which absorb into the internal wall.
• Taylor, Tim. "Digestive System." InnerBody. HowToMedia, Inc., 12 Oct. 2012. Web. 16 Apr. 2017.

Transverse Colon

• Moves fecal matter from the ascending colon to the descending colon main part of feces formation
• Taylor, Tim. "Digestive System." InnerBody. HowToMedia, Inc., 12 Oct. 2012. Web. 16 Apr. 2017.

Descending Colon

• Feces is stored until the body needs to be rid of it. The walls also absorb the remaining nutrients left.
• Taylor, Tim. "Digestive System." InnerBody. HowToMedia, Inc., 12 Oct. 2012. Web. 16 Apr. 2017.

Sigmoid Colon

• Stores the feces soon to be ready to be excreted through the anal canal
• Taylor, Tim. "Digestive System." InnerBody. HowToMedia, Inc., 12 Oct. 2012. Web. 16 Apr. 2017.

Rectum

• Final segment of the large intestines stores feces ready to be excreted
• Taylor, Tim. "Digestive System." InnerBody. HowToMedia, Inc., 12 Oct. 2012. Web. 16 Apr. 2017.

Anus

• The anus is the orifice that feces passes through during defecation.
• Taylor, Tim. "Digestive System." InnerBody. HowToMedia, Inc., 12 Oct. 2012. Web. 16 Apr. 2017.