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The human digestive system consists of the gastrointestinal tract plus the accessory organs of digestion (the tongue, salivary glands, pancreas, liver, and gallbladder). Digestion involves the breakdown of food into smaller and smaller components, until they can be absorbed and assimilated into the body. The process of digestion has three ...
English: The gastrointestinal tract, also called the digestive tract, alimentary canal, or gut, is the system of organs within multicellular animals that takes in food, digests it to extract energy and nutrients, and expels the remaining waste.
Diagram of the stomach. Rugae can be seen within stomach. Anatomical terminology. [edit on Wikidata] Rugae folds behind the anterior teeth in the hard palate of the mouth. In anatomy, rugae (sg.: ruga) are a series of ridges produced by folding of the wall of an organ. [1] Most commonly rugae refers to the gastric rugae of the internal surface ...
English: The gastrointestinal tract, also called the digestive tract, alimentary canal, or gut, is the system of organs within multicellular animals that takes in food, digests it to extract energy and nutrients, and expels the remaining waste. Español: El esquema de nuestro Aparato Digestivo.
English: The gastrointestinal tract, also called the digestive tract, alimentary canal, or gut, is the system of organs within multicellular animals that takes in food, digests it to extract energy and nutrients, and expels the remaining waste. Español: El esquema de nuestro Aparato Digestivo.
File:Stomach colon rectum diagram-en.svg. File. File history. File usage. Global file usage. Metadata. Size of this PNG preview of this SVG file: 512 × 529 pixels. Other resolutions: 232 × 240 pixels | 465 × 480 pixels | 743 × 768 pixels | 991 × 1,024 pixels | 1,982 × 2,048 pixels. Original file (SVG file, nominally 512 × 529 pixels ...
Quadrants of the abdomen Diagram showing which organs (or parts of organs) are in each quadrant of the abdomen. The left lower quadrant (LLQ) of the human abdomen is the area left of the midline and below the umbilicus. The LLQ includes the left iliac fossa and half of the left flank region. The equivalent term for animals is left posterior ...
Foveolar cells or surface mucous cells are mucus -producing cells which cover the inside of the stomach, protecting it from the corrosive nature of gastric acid. [1][a] These cells line the gastric mucosa and the gastric pits. Mucous neck cells are found in the necks of the gastric glands. The mucus-secreting cells of the stomach can be ...