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  1. What Is the Digestive System? - Cleveland Clinic

    Learn more about how your digestive system works and how it performs the essential task of breaking down and absorbing the food and fluids you consume each day.

  2. Your Digestive System & How it Works - NIDDK

    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 …

  3. Human digestive system | Description, Parts, & Functions

    Sep 24, 2025 · The human digestive system consists primarily of the digestive tract, or the series of structures and organs through which food and liquids pass during their processing into …

  4. Digestive System (Anatomy): How It Works - WebMD

    Dec 5, 2023 · Discover the digestive system and understand its intricate processes. From mouth to the intestines, learn about each organ's role in digestion.

  5. Overview of the Digestive System - MSD Manuals

    The digestive system, which extends from the mouth to the anus, is responsible for receiving food, breaking it down into nutrients (a process called digestion), absorbing the nutrients into the …

  6. A Look Inside Your Digestive System Organs - Verywell Health

    Jan 21, 2025 · The digestive system consists of several organs that function together to break down the foods you eat into molecules your body can use for energy and nutrients. The …

  7. The Digestive System: An Overview

    The digestive system is made up of the digestive tract and other organs that aid in digestion. The digestive tract is a series of hollow organs joined in a long, twisting tube from the mouth to the …

  8. 23.1 Overview of the Digestive System – Anatomy & Physiology 2e

    The function of the digestive system is to break down the foods you eat, release their nutrients, and absorb those nutrients into the body.

  9. Overview of the Digestive System | Anatomy and Physiology II

    The function of the digestive system is to break down the foods you eat, release their nutrients, and absorb those nutrients into the body.

  10. How Digestion Works - Johns Hopkins Medicine

    The organs of the digestive system are the mouth, esophagus, stomach, pancreas, liver, gallbladder, small intestine, large intestine and anus. Recognizing how these organs work …