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What organ does your body use to digest food?
The stomach and small intestines are the primary organs responsible for digesting food in the human body. The stomach secretes digestive enzymes and acids, while the small intestines absorb nutrients from the digested food.
What happens to nutrients in the esophagus?
Nutrients in the esophagus mainly pass through to the stomach via peristalsis, which is the coordinated muscle contractions that push food downward. Absorption of nutrients does not occur in the esophagus.
Food moves down the esophagus towards what?
From the oesophagus the food moves towards the stomach. Oesophagus acts as the passage way from mouth to stomach. Stomach lies in your abdomen. The mouth is above the thorax. The gap is filled in by the oesophagus.
When does mechanical digestion take place?
Mostly in the mouth (mastication) and the stomach.
What are the 3 parts of the upper GI?
The mouth, stomach, Pharynx and Esophagus
Where is the mouth in relation to the stomach?
The mouth is cranial or superior to the stomach.
Is the stomach inferior to the mouth?
Yes, the stomach is inferior to the mouth because it is below the mouth.
Can you really shoot fire from your mouth?
No, I cannot. And neither can you or your friend.BUT, according to the Bible, in the End Times, there will be two preachers who can shoot fire from their mouth as protection. (Revelations 11)
Which structure does food pass from the mouth to the stomach?
• Esophagus Passes food from the mouth to the stomach
Where does food from the mouth to the stomach?
it is sent from the mouth to the pharnyx and then to the esophagus to the stomach
What are the parts of the gut that link the mouth to the stomach and the stomach to the large intestine?
The esophagus links the mouth to the stomach. The small intestine links the stomach to the large intestine.
Does the enzymes act in the mouth or in the stomach?
Both. Salivary amylase works in your mouth, and the others in your stomach and duodenum.
connect the mouth to the stomach?
The mouth is connected to the stomach by the pharynx and oesophagus. The gastro-oesophageal sphincter regulates the opening of oesophagus into the cardiac portion of the stomach.
What key chemical does the mouth and stomach contain?
The mouth contains amylase in saliva, and the stomach contains hydrochloric acid.
What key chemical do the mouth and the stomach contain?
The mouth contains amylase in saliva, and the stomach contains hydrochloric acid.
A muscular canal that carries food from the mouth to the stomach?
The esophagus is the muscular tube connecting the mouth and the stomach.
What is the personification for the sentence the cave's gaping mouth led to internal passageways?
a cave cannot have a gaping mouth so its giving something nonliving, living characteristics.
