This would be the appendix. It is off the cecum which is the beginning of the large intestine. It has been found to have a major role in immune function.
No, chyme is a semi-fluid mass of partly digested food and digestive secretions formed in the stomach and intestine. It is not directly related to the waste filtered by the kidneys, which are responsible for filtering waste products from the blood to form urine.
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.
Tapeworms have a body structure that is flat and segmented, allowing them to absorb nutrients from the host's intestine efficiently. They lack a digestive system and absorb nutrients directly through their body surface. They have hooks or suckers on their head, called scolex, which helps them attach to the host's intestine.
The digestive organ that is considered the primary organ of digestion is the small intestine but more specifically it is the duodenum of the small intestine. This is the region directly after the stomach and is approximately 25 cm long. The small intestine absorbs nutrients and large intestine absorbs water.
The duodenum is the first part of the small intestine, located directly after the stomach. It plays a crucial role in digestion by receiving partially digested food from the stomach and mixing it with digestive enzymes from the pancreas and bile from the liver.
skin. They have specialized structures called microtriches on their body surface that help in absorbing nutrients directly from the host's intestine. This allows tapeworms to obtain nutrients without needing a digestive system of their own.
Secretions from the liver (bile and enzymes) will pass through the common hepatic duct and reaches the pancreatic duct. pancreatic juices from the pancreas will also flow to the pancreatic duct. both will be flowing to the duodenum through a small opening in the duodenum.
The small intestine
The liver and pancreas do not directly receive food particles, but play important roles in the digestive process. The liver produces bile to help digest fats, while the pancreas produces enzymes that break down carbohydrates, proteins, and fats in the small intestine.
The pylorus is a part of the stomach located at the lower end, near the small intestine. The pancreas is situated behind the stomach, near the beginning of the small intestine. They are both important organs in the digestive system, but they are not directly adjacent to each other.
The large intestine is directly before rectum. No, sir. the large intestine is the same thing as the colon. the sigmoid is directly before the rectum.