A muscular chamber between the esophagus and small intestine. It stores and mixes food with acid and enzymes before releasing it into the duodenum.
Stores swallowed food and mixes it with gastric acid and digestive enzymes to form chyme before releasing it into the duodenum.
Upper left quadrant and epigastric region of the abdominal cavity, inferior to the diaphragm.
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The hepatic portal vein collects nutrient-rich blood from the digestive tract and delivers it directly to the liver for processing.
The pancreas serves both digestive and endocrine roles, supplying enzymes to the small intestine while releasing insulin and glucagon into the blood.
The esophagus passes through the muscular diaphragm, and abdominal wall muscles support the abdominal viscera.