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3 days ago · gastrointestinal tract, pathway by which food enters the body and solid wastes are expelled. The gastrointestinal tract includes the mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, and anus.
4 days ago · The gastrointestinal system, commonly referred to as the digestive system, is a sophisticated network responsible for the digestion and absorption of nutrients and the elimination of waste from the body. Understanding the anatomy and physiology of the gastrointestinal system is crucial to maintaining optimal health, as it plays a significant ...
3 days ago · The intestines are vital organs in the gastrointestinal tract of our digestive system. Their functions are to digest food and to enable the nutrients released from that food to enter into the bloodstream. Our intestines consist of two major subdivisions: the small intestine and the large intestine.
3 days ago · The large intestine performs the vital functions of converting food into feces, absorbing essential vitamins produced by gut bacteria, and reclaiming water from feces. A slurry of digested food, known as chyme, enters the large intestine from the small intestine via the ileocecal sphincter.
4 days ago · Gross Anatomy. The stomach is a rounded, hollow organ located just inferior to the diaphragm in the left part of the abdominal cavity. Located between the esophagus and the duodenum, the stomach is a roughly crescent-shaped enlargement of the gastrointestinal tract.
3 days ago · Background: Digestive system cancers constitute a significant number of cancer cases, but their burden is not uniform. As Global Cancer Observatory (GLOBOCAN) 2022 has recently updated its estimates of cancer burden, we aimed to investigate the burden of six major digestive system cancers both worldwide and in China, along with geographical and temporal variations in cancer-specific incidence ...
4 days ago · Your Guide to Understanding Digestive Health Triggers. Knowing which foods cause your digestive symptoms can help you improve your gut health. Keeping a food diary, trying elimination diets,...
