Samuel Azier
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When you start chewing something, your salivary glands begin producing saliva to oil your food. Your break down your food and your tongue mixes it up with saliva Your tongue, teeth and saliva will turn your food into a soft, round mass that will make it simple to swallow. There are muscles in your throat and mouth used to push food to your esophagus, which is the tube linking your stomach with your throat. The esophagus likewise has muscles that produce integrated waves to move your food into your stomach. You have powerful muscles in your stomach that aid to break down your food into smaller sized pieces. The gastrointestinal glands in your stomach will likewise produce enzymes and stomach acid Small intestine comes next in the order of gastrointestinal system. The digestion will continue even when your food has entered your duodenum, the first area of your small intestine. A variety of digestion juices released by liver, pancreas and gallbladder will enter your small intestine for complete digestion of food. Pancreas produces enzymes to break down carbohydrates, proteins and fats, The pancreas secretes digestive enzymes into the duodenum, the first sector of the small intestine. These enzymes break down protein, fats. The liver has several functions, however its main function within the gastrointestinal system is to process the nutrients absorbed from the small intestine. Bile from the liver secreted into the small intestine also plays an essential function in digesting fat. The gallbladder stores and concentrates bile, and then releases it into the duodenum to help soak up and digest fats. The colon is a 6-foot long muscular tube that connects the small intestine to the anus. The large intestinal tract is made up of the cecum, the rising (right) colon, the transverse (across) colon, the coming down (left) colon, and the sigmoid colon, which connects to the anus.
