The Digestive System
Overview of the Digestive System Digestive Tract: Mouth, pharynx, and esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine (colon) Accessory Organs: Teeth, tongue, salivary glands, pancreas, liver, and gallbladder
Digestive system histology
Identify: Mucosa Submucosa Muscularis Serosa or adventitia?
Adventitia or serosa? Adventitia (connective tissue around organs superior to diaphragm) Serosa = visceral peritoneum
Digestive system histology
Oral Cavity
The Pharynx Nasopharynx Oropharynx Laryngopharynx
Salivary Glands
The Esophagus
Stomach
Duodenum and Related Organs
Small Intestine – Gross Anatomy Three subdivisions: duodenum, jejunum, and ileum
Gross Anatomy of Large Intestine Cecum Appendix Ascending Transverse Descending Sigmoid colon Rectum Anus
Pancreas and Gallbladder
Gallbladder Stores and concentrates bile Expels bile into duodenum Bile emulsifies fats
Visceral Surface of the Liver
Microscopic Anatomy of Liver
Mesenteries Superficial view of the abdominal organs
Mesenteries Greater omentum and transverse colon reflected
Mesenteries Sagittal section through the abdominopelvic cavity