Trace the path that food takes as it moves through the digestive system, naming the major structures and their function in processing the food
1 . Mouth: chewing, saliva, teeth and tongue chopping, mashing, and moving food to the back of the throat
2 . Esophagus: muscular tube that connects throat (pharynx) to stomach and moves food toward stomach (peristalsis)
3 . Stomach: food mixed with gastric juices for 2–4 hours, food broken down, bacteria killed
4 . Small intestines: add more digestive juices, absorption of nutrients begins
5 . Large intestines: absorption of nutrients and water completed, certain vitamins (K and some B-complex) synthesized
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