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Digestive System - Coggle Diagram

- - - - cardiac region: near heart
      - fundus: dome shaped, filled w/ gas
      - body: main portion
      - pylorus: funnels shaped end
      - pyloric sphincter: controls food leaving stomach & entering small intestine
  - - - duodenum: !st portion and attached to stomach where chemical digestion happens
      - jejunum: middle section; main site of nutrient absorption
      - Ileum: end portion, connected to cecum; some absorption
      - Villi: fingerlike structures that increase surface area for absorption
  - - - cecum: attached to small intestine; site of appendix attachment
      - colon: ascending, transverse, descending, and sigmoid colon
      - rectum: stores feces until it's defecated