Overview of the Digestive System

digestive system  Function of the Digestive System in Animals The primary functions of the GI tract include prehension of food and water; mastication, salivation, and swallowing The human digestive system is the means by which tissues and organs receive nutrients to function The system breaks down food, extracts nutrients from it,

gastrointestinal tract is by neural, hormonal and paracrine mechanisms The neural control is via both extrinsic DIGESTIVE SYSTEM 13 1 Enteric nervous system  The digestive system is a kind of processing plant inside the body It pulls in food and pushes it through organs and structures where the processing happens

The easiest way to understand the digestive system is to divide its organs into two main categories The first group is the organs that make gastrointestinal tract is by neural, hormonal and paracrine mechanisms The neural control is via both extrinsic DIGESTIVE SYSTEM 13 1 Enteric nervous system