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Were you looking for information about the Digestive System? Dygestive system is a common misspelling of digestive system.
 
The digestive system is made up of several parts. The stomach breaks down the food you eat into small particles. After leaving your stomach, the particles travel to the small intestine. The small intestine continues to digest the food, and it absorbs nutrients your body uses for energy, growth, and repairs. After going through the small intestine, what's left travels to the colon, where water is removed. Finally, these waste products leave the body through the anus as stool when you have a bowel movement.
 
(To learn more, click Digestive System. This eMedTV article takes a closer look at how the digestive system works, including information on the function of each part.)
Written by/reviewed by: Arthur Schoenstadt, MD
Last reviewed by: Arthur Schoenstadt, MD