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Alimentary Canal
Alimentary Canal
Alimentary Canal
Frenulum
Taste Buds
Milk Teeth/Permanent
Teeth,Incisors,Canine,Premolars,
Molars
Esophagus
22-25cm long
Peristalsis Movement
Stomach
J-shaped
It occupies the left side of the
upper part of the abdominal
cavity.
Upper part cardiac or fundus
middle part body, distal partpyloric or antrum
Two ends : Cardiac end
connected to the esophagus.
Pyloric End, opens to the
duodenum.
Two curvatures : left greater
curvature, right less curvature
Churn and mix the food with the
gastric juice, also helps in
propelling the food in the small
intestine.
Small Intestine
Large Intestine
GLANDS:
Salivary
Gastric
Liver
Pancreas
Intestinal
ingestion
- taking large pieces of
food into the body
digestion
- breaking down the food
by mechanical and chemical means
absorption - taking up the soluble
digestion products into the body's cells
egestion
- eliminating the
undigested material