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.
- Mouth
- Palate
- Uvula
- Tongue
- Teeth
- Salivary glands
- Sublingual
- Submandibular
- Parotid
- Pharynx
- Esophagus
- Liver
- Gallbladder
- Common bile duct
- Stomach
- Pancreas
- Pancreatic duct
- Small intestine
- Duodenum
- Jejunum
- Ileum
- Appendix
- Large intestine
- Transverse colon
- Ascending colon
- Caecum
- Descending colon
- Sigmoid colon
- Rectum
- Anus
Author: Mariana Ruiz, Jmarchn
Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 hours ago
Really loveing all of these diagrams that you’ve been posting. Its incredible to see how much I’ve forgotten in the years since school!
Keep up the good work!
Innerworld@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Thank you