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The digestive system is really just a tube that begins at your mouth and ends at the rectum. Most of it is filled with bacteria compared to the other parts of your body which are usually sterile with no bacteria.

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The inside of the digestive system is not considered the inside of your body because it is continuous with the exterior at the mouth and anus.

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What is the interior cavity of the digestive tract?

Food does not go 'Inside' of your digestive system. It remains 'Outside' of the digestive system. So most of the digestion is extracellular. So from mouth to anus the entire digestive system is connected to the 'Exterior' and is not technically and immunologically 'Inside' your body.


Why is food in the digestive tract not really inside the body?

Technically due to the digestive system being one long tunnel that runs from your mouth to your anal cannal, and doesnt need to be cut open to be reached, it is therefore the outside of your body.


What body system does the intestines belong to?

The body system that the colon belongs to is the digestive system. The colon is also known as the large intestine.


What other system does the digestive work with?

The digestive system works with all of the systems in your body. To be more specific it works with the urinary, muscular, and the nervous system really work with the digestive system. Another is the circulatory system, it helps get the harvested nutrients to the other parts of your body.


What are three body system that function in excretion?

Digestive system, Urinary system and Nervous system


What does the digestive system do for your body?

The digestive system digests food that goes into your body.


What is really getting eliminated from your body from the digestive system?

Unused food material as waste.


How does the digestive system help body cells?

how dose the digestive system help body cells


Which body sytems does not work with the immune system to regulate internal body functions?

The digestive system does not work with the immune system to regulate body functions.


What is the digestive?

The digestive system is the system that makes food absorbable into the body


What effects the digestive system?

digestive is to digest but the digestive system is a system of digestion.


How does your digestive and excretory system process what you put into your body?

The digestive system digests food that goes into your body