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    3.2 Digestive system of human.

    Digestion in vertebrates occurs in the digestive tract or alimentary canal.


    The various parts involved in digestion can be broadly grouped in two groups
    (i) Digestive tract or alimentary canal
    (ii) Digestive glands

    PAROTID GLAND

    MOUTH OR BUCCAL CAVITY

    PHARYNX

    SUBMAXILLARY
    AND SUBLINGUAL GLANDS
    OESOPHAGUS

    CARDIA
    LIVER

    GallPYLORUS
    bladder

    STOMACH

    GALL BLADDER

    PANCREAS
    TRANSVERSE COLON

    DUODENUM
    RIGHT COLIC (HEPATIC FLEXURE)

    LEFT COLIC (SPLENIC FLEXURE)

    ASCENDING

    JEJUNUM

    ILEUM

    HAUSTRA

    TAENIA COLI

    DESCENDING

    CAECUM

    SIGMOID COLON

    VERMIFORM APPENDIX

    ANUS

    RECTUM

    Fig. Alimentary canal of man

    (i)

    Digestive

    tract

    or

    alimentary canal
    On the basis of the embryonic origin, the alimentary canal of
    vertebrates can be divided into three parts
    (a) Fore gut / Stomodaeum : Ectodermal. It includes buccal cavity / oral
    cavity.
    (b) Mid gut / Mesodaeum : Endodermal. It includes pharynx, oesophagus,
    stomach, small intestine, and large intestine.
    (c) Hind gut / Proctodaeum : Ectodermal. It includes anal canal and anus.

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