Extra Info on Digestive System

Pancreas-posterior to stomach

Liver-four lobes; upper right quadrant

Gallbladder-sac posterior to liver

Small intestine-absorb nutrients

Large intestine-absorbs water

Bolus enters at cardioesophageal sphincter

Stomach delivers chyme through pyloric sphincter

Esophagus moves food through peristalsis

bilirubin is the reason why feces is brown (jaundice and gallstones)

Chemical Protein beings in stomach

Chyme-stomach

Voluntary external anal helps feces go out

Chemical digestion of SI is focused on lipids

D-secretions

J-Absorption

I-extends into large intestines

SI-major digestive organ

Liver makes bile,gallbladder stores it

-breaks down fat