Explain the human digestive system shown in the image in simple short points.

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