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Elderly male has stomach cancer. Feeding tube through alimentary canal…

- - - - pharynx
        
        mouth
        
        salivary glands
        
        salivary lipase
        
        salivary amylase
        
        tongue
        
        mandible for mastication, saliva for chemical digestion
        
        epiglottis
        
        process of swallowing
      - liver
        
        gallbladder
        
        storage of concentrated bile
        
        glycogen storage
        
        plasma protein synthesis
        
        produce bile
        
        bile digests fats
        
        drug detox
      - skeletal muscle
      - smooth muscle
  - - - jejunum
        
        ileum
        
        large intestine
        
        rectum
        
        anus
        
        where poop is finally pushed out from lol
        
        receives feces through peristalsis
        
        absorbs excess water, and transmit waste out of body
        
        cecum
        
        appendix
        
        store good bacteria. fight infections.
        
        water and salts absorbed through mucus membranes
        
        absorb vitamin B12, bile salts, remnants from jejunum
        
        lactase, maltose, sucrase
        
        peptidase
        
        carboxypeptidase
        
        nucleases
        
        lacteals
        
        absorbs carbs and proteins
      - prepares chyme to be absorbed into small intestine
    - - release hormones and digestive juices
      - pancreatic lipase
      - trypsin
      - carboxypeptidase
  - - - proteins
        
        water
    - - vitamins
- - - - muscle cramping, weakness,
        
        muscles degenerate