Digestive System -- An Overview

digestive system  Overview of the digestive system—how food moves through each part of the GI tract to help break down food for energy, growth, and cell repair  The image shows how food travels from the mouth through the major organs Parts of the digestive tract are labelled: ingestion of food, pharynx, esophagus,

Components of the digestive system · Mouth · Esophagus · Stomach · The small intestine · Colon · Rectum Through this process a number of Overview of the digestive system—how food moves through each part of the GI tract to help break down food for energy, growth, and cell repair

Overview of the digestive system—how food moves through each part of the GI tract to help break down food for energy, growth, and cell repair  The six major activities of the digestive system are ingestion, propulsion, mechanical breakdown, chemical digestion, absorption, and elimination First, food