the Alimentary canal- proper order of the digestive system

Question 1

what is the alimentary canal?

Answer 1

The alimentary canal is a long folded tube which starts from the mouth to the anus.

Question 2

function of the mouth?

Answer 2

the food in the mouth is ingested by the help of the lips, teeth and tongue.

• the teeth grinds the food into smaller pieces
• the tounge mixes the food with saliva and forms it into bolus

bolus- cricle like structe which is food.

Question 3

function of Oesophagus or food pipe

Answer 3

Oesophagus takes the food down to the stomach.
when you swallow there is a gate like struture whic doesn’t let the food go into the windpipe
this gate is called as EPIGLOTTIS.

Question 4

function of the stomach

Answer 4

it digests food and produces hcl and it
is wher enzymes also breaker down nutrients.

Question 5

function of small intestine

Answer 5

The small intestine has three parts: the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum.
it helps further digest food.
it absorbs nutrients and water.
simintanusly the bile jucie and Pancreatic jucie is mixed which has enzymes to break down nutreints.

Question 6

function of large intestien

Answer 6

not all the food is digested, the un digested food cannot be digest by the small inestine so it is traveled to the large inestine and to be digested.

Question 7

function of anus

Answer 7

after the large intestine the insoulable waste is secrected by the anus.