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What other organ are in the digestive system?
Including the organs of the digestive track (stomach, small intestine, large intestine) there are also addition of accessory organs. These includes the pancreas, liver, and the gall bladder. These organs are part of digestion, but are not directly part of the digestive tract.
What part of the digestive track reabsorbes the water used in digestion?
The colon.
What is a mechanical digestion?
Mechanical digestion is a kind of digestion that takes place when food is chewed, mixed, or churned anywhere in your digestive track. two places it takes place are in the stomach and the mouth.
Why are the liver gallbladder and pancreas considered part of the digestive system but not part of the digestive tract and give one function of each of these three organs?
The food actually passes through an organ of digestion, the food does not pass through the pancreas and gall bladder. They are needed for digestion, they both produce substances which are added to the food as it passes through the digestive system.
Is the Excretory System the Digestive System?
I do not believe so. Excretion occurs after digestion. Digestion is after food has been eaten, then the digestive track picks out what the body needs to store, and the junk is thrown out. The ''junk'' enters the excretory system and the excratory disposes of it. Actually the toilet does.
What is the digestive track?
The digestive track is a long twisting tube from the mouth to the
How long is the digestive sysetem track?
The digestive track of a human is about 30 ft long
Is the digestive track a sterile environment?
No
What is the difference between tissues organs organs system?
Anatomy starts at the cellular level. (I'm going to use the digestive track for this example) First there are cells. Cells make up tissues (such as the tissue that lines the inside of your stomach). An accumulation of different tissues then makes an organ (ie. your stomach). An organ system would be a group of organs that work together, in this example it would be the digestive track: esophagus ...stomach...small intestine...colon..etc. And then finally, a group of organ systems makes up an organism, which would be you or me, a human!
What diseases can happen the digestive track?
rabies
How do sphincters and peristalsis aid in digestion?
Peristalsis moves food down the digestive track to keep it going, like a conveyor belt.
What digestive glands are outside the digestive track?
The salivary glands, the gall bladder, the pancreas.
