BiologyCLASS 10CBSE
answered 1 Jun 2026Explain the human digestive system shown in the image in simple short points.
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The human digestive system includes the mouth, salivary glands, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum, anus, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas.
Human Digestive System
- Parotid gland and duct – produces saliva
- Sublingual and submandibular glands and ducts – produce saliva
- Pharynx – passage for swallowed food
- Esophagus – carries food to the stomach
- Stomach – stores and digests food
- Liver – produces bile
- Gallbladder – stores bile
- Hepatic duct – carries bile from the liver
- Common bile duct – carries bile to the duodenum
- Pancreas – produces digestive enzymes
- Duodenum – first part of small intestine
- Jejunum – middle part of small intestine
- Ileum – last part of small intestine
- Ileocecal junction – connection between ileum and cecum
- Cecum – first part of large intestine
- Appendix – small tube attached to cecum
- Ascending colon – moves waste upward
- Hepatic flexure of colon – bend near the liver
- Transverse colon – crosses the abdomen
- Splenic flexure of colon – bend near the spleen
- Descending colon – moves waste downward
- Sigmoid colon – S-shaped part before rectum
- Rectum – stores feces
- Anus – opening for removal of feces