Digestive System

What type of digestion occurs in the stomach?

Both. In the stomach, food undergoes chemical and mechanical digestion. Here, mechanical digestion churn the bolus, which mixes with strong digestive juices that the stomach lining cells secrete chemical digestion.

Esophagus

It forms an important piece of the gastrointestinal tract and functions as the conduit for food and liquids that have been swallowed into the pharynx to reach the stomach.

Rectum

It is the rectum's job to receive stool from the colon, to let the person know that there is stool to be evacuated, and to hold the stool until evacuation happens.

What type of digestion occurs in the tongue?

Mechanical Digestion because Salivary glands beneath and in back of the tongue secrete the saliva that allows for easier swallowing of food

What Digestion occurs in the teeth?

Mechanical Digestion because mechanical digestion begins in the mouth as the food is chewed.

What type of Digestion occurs in the salivary glands?

Mechanical Digestion because the salivary glands are in the mouth and mechanical digestion occurs in the mouth

liver

is to process the nutrients absorbed from the small intestine. Bile from the liver secreted into the small intestine also plays an important role in digesting fat.

What type of digestion occurs in the pancreas?

mechanical digestion of fats. The pancreas and gland cells of the small intestine secrete digestive enzymes that chemically break down complex food molecules into simpler ones.

What type of digestion occurs in the esophagus?

Both chemical and mechanical digestion. After passage through the esophagus, the bolus will enter the stomach and undergo both.

large intestine

The 4 major functions of the large intestine are recovery of water and electrolytes, formation and storage of faeces and fermentation of some of the indigestible food matter by bacteria

gall bladder

The gallbladder holds bile produced in the liver until it is needed for digesting fatty foods in the duodenum of the small intestine.

Anus

The lining of the upper anus is specialized to detect rectal contents. It lets you know whether the contents are liquid, gas, or solid.

salivary glands

The salivary glands produce saliva, which keeps the mouth and other parts of the digestive system moist. It also helps break down carbohydrates

small intestine

The small intestine is the part of the intestines where 90% of the digestion and absorption of food occurs, The main function of the small intestine is absorption of nutrients and minerals from food.

Stomach

The stomach secretes acid and enzymes that digest food. Ridges of muscle tissue called rugae line the stomach. The stomach muscles contract periodically, churning food to enhance digestion.

teeth

The teeth in your mouth are very important because they help prepare food to travel through the rest of your digestive system.

Pancreas

Your pancreas also helps your digestive system by making hormones. These are chemical messengers that travel through your blood.

tongue

Your tongue helps out, pushing the food around while you chew with your teeth. When you're ready to swallow, the tongue pushes a tiny bit of mushed-up food called a bolus toward the back of your throat and into the opening of your esophagus

What type of Digestion occurs in the gallbladder?

chemical digestion

What type of Digestion occurs in the liver?

chemical digestion

What type of digestion occurs in the anus

chemical digestion

What type of digestion occurs in the rectum?

chemical digestion

What type of digestion occurs in the large intestine

chemical digestion in the large intestine occurs exclusively because of bacteria in the lumen of the colon.

What type of digestion occurs in the small intestine?

chemical digestion, takes place in the duodenum by chemicals secreted by the liver, pancreas and small intestine.