The mouth is the beginning of the digestive tract, chewing breaks down the food into pieces so it is easier to digest. The throat is the next destination for food, from here food travels to the esophagus. The esophagus is a muscular tube extending from the pharynx to the stomach. The stomach is a sac like organ with strong muscular walls. The stomach secretes acid and powerful enzymes that continues the process of breaking down food. When it leaves the stomach it is a liquid or paste. From there it moves to the small intestine. The small intestine is made up of three segments. The duodenum, jejunum, and ileum, the small intestine is a long tube loosely coiled in the abdomen.
