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| Keywords: Digestive system diagram en.svg Assessments 5 2007 1 picture of the day 2007 10 03 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 Own 2006-12-17 Mariana Ruiz Villarreal LadyofHats LadyofHats Other versions/Digestive system diagram translation possible original upload log All user names refer to commons wikimedia 2007-08-09 21 46 LadyofHats 595×842×0 146995 bytes <nowiki>made some changes that include making the liver smaller and lowering the pancreas so that the common vile duct would get a more acurate size </nowiki> 2007-08-09 18 34 LadyofHats 595×842×0 145846 bytes <nowiki>still typo problems</nowiki> 2007-08-09 18 28 LadyofHats 595×842×0 129758 bytes <nowiki>small fixes</nowiki> 2007-07-15 15 35 Verdy p 595×842×0 78030 bytes <nowiki>Removing the non necessary internal DTD generated by Adobe Illustrator defining non standard XML named entities by substituting their reference private definitions of named entities are still not supported in Commons thumbnails </nowiki> 2007-01-26 10 52 LadyofHats 595×842×0 78287 bytes <nowiki>still trying that it shows on thumbnail</nowiki> 2007-01-26 10 50 LadyofHats 595×842×0 80031 bytes <nowiki>trying to fix svg</nowiki> 2006-12-17 02 02 LadyofHats 644×892×0 301970 bytes <nowiki> diagram of a human digestive system i made it myself 17 dec 2006 Mariana RuizLadyofHats LadyofHats </nowiki> ImageNote 1 114 159 11 11 595 842 2 The mouth plays a role in digestion Digestion begins when food enters the mouth Three salivary glands ”the sublingual gland the submandibular gland and the parotid gland ”secrete enzymes such as salivary amylase that partially digest food into a soft moist round lump called Bolus Muscles in the pharynx swallow the food pushing it into the esophagus The epiglottis prevents food from entering the trachea during swallowing ImageNoteEnd 1 ImageNote 2 426 214 11 11 595 842 2 Esophagus a muscular tube that passes food by squeezing and pushing peristalsis down to the stomach ImageNoteEnd 2 ImageNote 3 387 775 11 11 595 842 2 Sigmoid Colon ImageNoteEnd 3 ImageNote 4 75 384 11 11 595 842 2 a large organ located above and in front of the stomach It filters toxins from the blood and makes bile which breaks down fats and some blood proteins ImageNoteEnd 4 ImageNote 6 556 626 14 11 595 842 2 the first part of the small intestine; it is C-shaped and runs from the stomach to the jejunum ImageNoteEnd 6 SVG human digestive system SVG diagrams in English Featured pictures on Wikimedia Commons - vector Medical diagrams in English | ||||
