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Digestive System of the Upper Torso

The digestive system of the upper abdomen and the chest is also known as the upper gastrointestinal tract. It includes several of the overall digestive system's most important organs. These organs are responsible for significant breakdown of food and for transporting the partially digested food farther along the alimentary canal.

Working down from the top, the digestive organs in the upper abdomen and the chest are the esophagus, a long tube which moves recently eaten food into the...

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    Full Digestive System of the Upper Torso Description

    [Continued from above] . . . stomach; the stomach, which uses acid and other metabolic chemicals to break food down into a partially solid substance; and the duodenum, which is the first part of the small intestine.