The mouth starts the digestion process by breaking food down into a more easily digestible form. It does this through a combination of mechanical and chemical digestion. After people take food in ...

The fundus is a dome-shaped part of the stomach that stores gas from digestion. It can also hold food if the stomach becomes full. The stomach is an important part of the digestive system. It stores ...

Your liver is essential to your good health. The liver is an important part of the digestive system. It performs more than 300 different function in the human body. Learn more about the liver.

The gut communicates with the rest of your body in many different ways and understanding what it is trying to tell you is critical to optimizing your overall health from the inside out.