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  2. Human digestive system - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Gastrointestinal tract - Wikipedia

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    The gastrointestinal tract (GI tract, digestive tract, alimentary canal) is the tract or passageway of the digestive system that leads from the mouth to the anus. The GI tract contains all the major organs of the digestive system, in humans and other animals, including the esophagus, stomach, and intestines. Food taken in through the mouth is ...

  4. Digestion - Wikipedia

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    Digestion is the breakdown of large insoluble food compounds into small water-soluble components so that they can be absorbed into the blood plasma. In certain organisms, these smaller substances are absorbed through the small intestine into the blood stream. Digestion is a form of catabolism that is often divided into two processes based on ...

  5. Human anus - Wikipedia

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    Gastrointestinal tract. In humans, the anus (pl.: anuses or ani; from Latin ānus, "ring", "circle") [1][2] is the external opening of the rectum located inside the intergluteal cleft. Two sphincters control the exit of feces from the body during an act of defecation, which is the primary function of the anus.

  6. Stomach - Wikipedia

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    The stomach is located between the esophagus and the small intestine. The pyloric sphincter controls the passage of partially digested food (chyme) from the stomach into the duodenum, the first and shortest part of the small intestine, where peristalsis takes over to move this through the rest of the intestines.

  7. File:Digestive system diagram numbered.svg - Wikipedia

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  8. Democrats' bill to protect IVF fails again: Why Republicans ...

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    September 18, 2024 at 11:43 AM. Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked a bill protecting access to in-vitro fertilization as the fight over reproductive rights and having children heats up in the ...

  9. Anus - Wikipedia

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    3022. Anatomical terminology. [edit on Wikidata] In most animals, [1][2] the anus (pl.: anuses or ani; from Latin, 'ring' or 'circle') is the external body orifice at the exit end of the digestive tract (bowel), i.e. the opposite end from the mouth. Its function is to facilitate the expulsion of wastes that remain after digestion.