digestion

• organs of the digestive system

  • Oral cavity +
  • pharynx +
  • esophagus +
  • Stomach +
  • Small intestine +
  • Large intestine +
  • Teeth +
  • Tounge +
  • salviary galnds+
  • liver +
  • gallbaldder+
  • pancreas
• anatomy of the stomach

  
• role of stomach in digestion and absorption

  • digests disaccharides and trisaccharides and polypeptides
• anatomy of small intestine

  duodenum: 26cm long, mies chyme from stomach with digestive secretions +

  jejunum: 2.5 m long (chemical digestion) +

  illeum: absorbs nutrients
• function of pancrease


  digestion and glucose homeostasis
• functions of the liver

  metabolic regulation and function of bile
• functions of large intestine

  Supports bacteria which further digests food +

  Compaction of contents +

  storage of poo