Bile is essential for life. Although it does not contain any enzyme, yet, it acts as a very important digestive juice. Its importance is so much that, life cannot be maintained without it. If a cannula is inserted in the common bile duct and all bile is collected outside, it is seen that the dog develops various abnormalities of bone, [...]
In this article we will discuss about the anatomical structure of human digestive system with the help of suitable diagrams. The human digestive canal is a long muscular tube consisting of the following parts from above downwards- the mouth (guarded by lips and teeth), tongue, pharynx, oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum and anal canal. The ducts of the [...]
In this article we will discus about the anatomical structure of human stomach with the help of suitable diagrams. The shape of the normal stomach is generally like the letter J. Sometimes the long axis may be slanting from left to right (steer horn type) or it may be even horizontal. The junction of the oesophageal mucosa with that of [...]