An introduction to the amazing functions of the human body's digestive system. Our continued survival as individuals and as a species requires energy.

So Vision must have some kind of nervous system with pain receptors. But he may lack a circulatory system, which is crucial in the human body for distributing nutrients to cells.

The human digestive system is a series of organs that converts food into essential nutrients that are absorbed into the body. The digestive organs also move waste material out of the body.

The digestive system enables your body to convert food into usable nutrients through a chemical breakdown process. This occurs through a system of tube-like of organs, including the esophagus ...

Discover the digestive system and understand its intricate processes. From mouth to the intestines, learn about each organ's role in digestion.

This short film offers a look at respiration and a tour around the circulatory system and digestive system in the human body, through blood vessels and into mitochondria.

A part of the digestive system has been reclassified as an organ - the 79th in the body.

The digestive system is the series of tubelike organs that convert our meals into body fuel. There are about 30 feet (9 meters) of these convoluted pipeworks, starting with the mouth and ending ...

Shukla is currently on-board in the International Space Station (ISS) for a 14-day mission. In a recent educational video he ...

An information system that structures the in vivo information obtained by remotely operating a group of small CAs, expands it to spatiotemporal in-body environmental information which will grow and ...

A new organ has been discovered hiding in plain sight inside the human body. Known as the mesentery, it was previously thought to be just a few fragmented structures in the digestive system.