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Digestive system

Digestive system

The esophagus, stomach, large and small intestine, aided by the liver, gallbladder and pancreas convert the nutritive components of food into energy and break down the non-nutritive components into waste to be excreted.


Review Date: 10/10/2005
Reviewed By: J. Gordon Lambert, MD, Associate Medical Director RxRemedy

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org).
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