Region/organ |
Function | |
|Pancreas |Completes the job of breaking down protein, carbohydrates, and fats using digestive juices of pancreas combined with juices from the |
| |intestines. |
|Tongue |The tongue rolls the food into balls or boli (singular: 'bolus') and pushes them to the back of the buccal (mouth) cavity for |
| |swallowing. |
|Salivary glands |The salivary glands function is to make saliva and help the bolus (soft mass of chewed food) go down the esophagus easily. Saliva |
| |contains enzymes which help break down food to a form which the body can use. |
|Oesophagus |The function of the esophagus is in the body—to carry food, liquids, and saliva from the mouth to the stomach. |
|Gall bladder | The gall bladder stores and concentrates bile from the liver, and releases into the small intestine (duodenum) to further digest food |
| |there. |
|Pyloric sphincter |The pyloric sphincter keeps the stomach shut at the far end so that it has a chance to digest proteins, then it opens and allows the |
| |contents of the stomach, now called chyme, to pass through the pyloric sphincter and enter the small intestine; the first section is |
| |called the duodenum and it does the majority of digestion and some absorption. |
|Pharynx
