Draw the line between partly digested in the stomach and completely digested and absorbed in the small intestine.
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The chapter's organ map again, with the organs below the mouth picked out
After leaving the mouth, food travels through these organs for digestion and absorption.
Food waits in the stomach for a few hours and is partly digested
From the mouth, the food goes into the food pipe and enters the stomach. The stomach is a muscular bag-like organ in which food can be stored for a few hours.
Two questions on what happens to food inside the stomach
What happens to the food during the few hours it stays in the stomach?
Liver and pancreas pour in juices, then digested food passes into blood
From the stomach, the food is passed into a long and coiled structure called the small intestine. The small intestine, the liver, and the pancreas produce some more digestive juices.
The chapter's own questions on the small intestine and its juices
The organ, which secretes digestive juices into the small intestine, is the—