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Digestive tract and accessory organs.
Approximately 30 feet long.
Mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine.
It includes the stomach and intestines.
Teeth, tongue, salivary glands, liver, gallbladder, pancreas.
Mucosa, submucosa, muscularis externa, serosa.
Lines the lumen and enhances digestion efficiency.
Simple columnar and stratified squamous.
Tenses mucosa to create grooves for better food contact.
Blood vessels, lymphatic vessels, nerve plexus, mucus-secreting glands.
Propelling food through the digestive tract.
Encircles the tract and forms valves to regulate passage.
A thin layer of areolar tissue and simple squamous mesothelium.
Fibrous connective tissue binding organs without serosa.
A nervous network regulating digestive tract functions.
Functions independently but is influenced by the CNS.
Submucosal plexus and myenteric plexus.
Glandular secretions and movements of muscularis mucosae.
Peristalsis and contractions of muscularis externa.