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The digestive system includes the mouth,
STOMACH, INTESTINE, and the associated
glands of animals, which are responsible
for digesting food. The food is broken down
by physical and chemical means in the
stomach; digestion is completed, and most
nutrients are absorbed in the small
intestine; what remains is stored and
concentrated into faeces in the large
intestine. In smaller, simpler animals
such as jellyfishes, the digestive system
is simply a cavity with which food is taken,
the digestible portion of food is dissolved
and absorbed in this cavity, and the remains
are ejected back through the mouth.
Subject by: Vince Pike