Fill in the Blanks Transit TimeOnline version Describe the path of food through the digestive system by Priscilla Donahue 1 digestion Biotin fats mastication pyloric small esophogus peristalsis small carbohydrates unabsorbed 1tsp microflora pharynx pyloris chewing mouth stomach K bolus chyme water iliocecal gastroesophageal antrium 30sec electrolytes absorption I'm eating my dinner . The first step of digestion is in the . This is where / and the digestion of and begins . Next , I swallow my food ( now called a ) through my and into my . In the esophagus begins and the bolus moves into the stomach through the sphincter . In the the bolus of food is mixed and ground with the gastric juices in the ( ) portion of the stomach . Once this has occurred the bolus is now considered . The chyme leaves the stomach through the sphincter at a rate of every into the intestine . The majority of and occurs in the intestine . The small intestine connects to the large intestine through the sphincter . One of the functions of the iliocecal sphincter is to keep the large intestinal from migrating into the small intestine . In the large intestine and are absorbed . and vit . are also produced in the large intestine . After traveling through the large intestine any food is excreted .
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