Each part of your digestive system helps to move food and liquid through your GI tract, break food and liquid into smaller parts, or both. Once foods are broken into small enough parts, your …

The digestive system made up of the gastrointestinal tract (GI), liver, pancreas, and gallbladder helps the body digest food. Digestion is important for breaking down food into nutrients, which …

Your digestive, or gastrointestinal (GI), tract is a long, muscular tube that runs from your mouth to your anus. It’s about 30 feet long and works with other parts of your digestive system to break …

The anus is a 1-inch opening at the end of your digestive tract through which stool leaves your body. The anus includes the sphincter muscles—muscles that open and close and allow you …

Apr 22, 2024 · Parts of the nervous, immune and circulatory systems, as well as hormones and enzymes, play roles in digestion. Muscular contractions transport food and waste through the …

The digestive system with sections labeled: mouth, esophagus, liver, stomach, gallbladder, pancreas, small intestine, large intestine, rectum, and anus.

The NIH research portfolio includes funding for studies of fundamental mechanisms of digestive system development and function, as well as basic, translational, and clinical research on the …

Because gastrointestinal diseases commonly afect some intestinal regions more than others, this new way of looking at the small intestine is likely to be valuable for understanding, diagnosing, …

Drawing of the digestive system within an outline of the top half of a male body, with labels pointing to esophagus, stomach, pancreas, liver, small intestine, rectum, anus, appendix, large …

Black and white illustration of the digestive system with parts labeled: esophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, duodenum, pancreas, small intestine, large intestine, appendix, rectum, and anus.