RECTUM
NERVES
PANCREAS
LARGE INTESTINE
LIVER
HORMONES
MESENTERY
CHYME
BLOOD
BOLUS
ESOPHAGUS
SMALL INTESTINE
A predigested, acidified mass of food that passes from the stomach into the small intestine.
The portion of the digestive system most responsible for absorption of water from the indigestible residue of food.
The longest part of the digestive system. It extends from the stomach to the large intestine.
The rectum is the end of the digestive tract, which begins at the mouth and includes the esophagus, stomach and small and large intestines.
A bundle of fibers that uses electrical and chemical signals to transmit sensory and motor information from one body part to another
Your body's largest solid organ. On average, it weighs around 3 pounds in adulthood and is roughly the size of a football.
They are molecules that act as chemical messengers in the body's endocrine system.
It can contract or expand to allow for the passage of food. Anatomically, it lies behind the trachea and heart and in front of the spinal column.
A glandular organ located in the abdomen. It makes pancreatic juices, which contain enzymes that aid in digestion, and it produces several hormones, including insulin.
A continuous set of tissues located in your abdomen. It attaches your intestines to the wall of your abdomen and holds them in place.
A rounded mass: such as a : a large pill b : a soft mass of chewed food.
Red liquid that circulates in the arteries and veins of humans and other vertebrate animals, carrying oxygen to and carbon dioxide from the tissues of the body