Digestive system

The digestive system is made up of:

• The digestive tube, which is about 9 meters long and has a variable shape, widens in some sections and narrows in others. It begins in the mouth and ends in the anus. It has these parts:
  • Oral cavity. The mouth contains the tongue and teeth, and the salivary glands pour saliva into it.
  • Pharynx. It is the common conduit of the digestive and respiratory systems. It communicates the mouth with the esophagus .
  • Gullet. Tube through which food travels from the pharynx to the stomach.
  • Stomach. Widening of the digestive tract, between the esophagus and the intestine, in whose walls there are glands that secrete gastric juices that intervene in digestion.
  • Small intestine. Tube about 6-7 meters long and folded that connects the stomach with the large intestine. It has three parts: duodenum, jejunum, and ileum.
  • Large intestine. It is the last part of the digestive tract, a conduit 1-1.5 meters thick and thicker than the small intestine, made up of the cecum, the colon (ascending, transverse and rectum), and the rectum.
  • Anus. Orifice located at the end of the digestive tract. It is made up of a voluntary sphincter muscle that controls the expulsion of stool.
• The attached glands are organs that discharge their secretions to the digestive tract. They are :
  • The salivary glands: they produce the saliva that they secrete in the mouth.
  • The gastric glands: they produce the gastric juices of the stomach.
  • The intestinal glands: secrete intestinal juices.
  • The liver. It is the largest organ in the body, weighs 1500 grams. It produces bile, which accumulates in the gallbladder, necessary for the digestion of fats.
  • The pancreas. Gland that secretes hormones into the blood to control the level of glucose in the blood and pancreatic juice that discharges into the duodenum.

Activity: Parts of the digestive system 1.

Activity: Parts of the digestive system 2.

Activity: Parts of the digestive system 3.

Activity: Order the parts of the digestive system.

Activity: Build the digestive system in Zygote Body. To avoid erasing each part, fix it using the thumbtack next to the name. On the left you have a bar with which you can drill down into the layer that interests you.

Game: Parts of the digestive system.

Do it yourself: Model of the digestive system.

Digestive processes

The processes that occur in the digestive system are:

• The ingestion. It consists of the introduction of food into the digestive system. It is done in the mouth and includes the processes of:
  • Chewing.
  • Insalivation.
  • Swallowing food. 
• The digestion. It is the transformation of ingested food into simpler substances that can be absorbed and used by cells.
• The absorption. It is the passage of digested nutrients from the digestive tract to the blood vessels.
  
• The expulsion or egestion. It consists of the expulsion of substances that have not been digested to the outside in the form of feces.

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