🍽️ Point of Departure
The mechanical breakdown of food begins in the mouth, where food is ingested, chewed, and swallowed.
🌀 Storage and Processing
The stomach acts as a temporary storage and processing facility before emptying its contents into the small intestine. Early stages of digestion take place in the stomach where pepsin and lipase aid in digesting protein and fat.
🔄 Automatic Transport
The esophagus is a short, muscular tube in which involuntary, wavelike contractions and relaxations propel food from the mouth to the stomach.
🧪 Treatment Facilities
In the small intestine, enzymes break down large, complex food molecules into simpler units that can be absorbed into the bloodstream.
The pancreas is an organ that does double duty, secreting digestive enzymes into the gut and hormones, including insulin and glucagon, into the blood. Important for fat metabolism, the liver produces bile and partially stores it in the gall bladder between meals.
💧 End of the Line
The primary function of the large intestine is to absorb electrolytes and water. Also, this is where microbes ferment nutrients that have so far escaped digestion and absorption.
📍 Digestive System Parts
🔹 Esophagus
🔹 Stomach
🔹 Spleen
🔹 Liver
🔹 Small Intestine
🔹 Colon
💙 Good nutrition today. A healthy, happy companion for life.