Digestive System for Bog Turtle
How the Bog Turtle Digests Food
1) Ingestion: Just like any other turtles, bog turtles eat food, drink water, and breathe air with the mouth. [1]
2) Digestion: The esophagus, which is one of the digestive structures, pushes the food through and into the stomach. The stomach contains powerful acids and digestive enzymes to decompose the food. The walls of the stomach are made of smooth and strong muscle that will help churn the food. [2]
3) The liver, which is the largest organ in the turtle, produces bile and transfers it to the gall bladder, which is a small organ located behind the liver. The gall bladder then transfers the bile to the small intestine. As the food is entering the small intestine, the pancreas, located next to the small intestine, releases digestive enzymes into the small intestines. [2]
4) The small intestine is a long, coiled tube attached to the stomach and the large intestine. Little microscopic appendages called villi absorb the nutrients from the food. The food then travels to the large intestine, an organ that reabsorbs water from the food, now officially a "waste product" of the digestive system. [3]
5) Excretion: Finally, the waste product exits the turtle from the anus, the last part of the digestive system. [1]
[1] http://library.thinkquest.org/5508/Turtles_In_General.html
[2] http://www.bio.davidson.edu/Courses/anphys/2000/Pleasants/digest.htm
[3] http://www.quijano.net/tq/digestive.html
2) Digestion: The esophagus, which is one of the digestive structures, pushes the food through and into the stomach. The stomach contains powerful acids and digestive enzymes to decompose the food. The walls of the stomach are made of smooth and strong muscle that will help churn the food. [2]
3) The liver, which is the largest organ in the turtle, produces bile and transfers it to the gall bladder, which is a small organ located behind the liver. The gall bladder then transfers the bile to the small intestine. As the food is entering the small intestine, the pancreas, located next to the small intestine, releases digestive enzymes into the small intestines. [2]
4) The small intestine is a long, coiled tube attached to the stomach and the large intestine. Little microscopic appendages called villi absorb the nutrients from the food. The food then travels to the large intestine, an organ that reabsorbs water from the food, now officially a "waste product" of the digestive system. [3]
5) Excretion: Finally, the waste product exits the turtle from the anus, the last part of the digestive system. [1]
[1] http://library.thinkquest.org/5508/Turtles_In_General.html
[2] http://www.bio.davidson.edu/Courses/anphys/2000/Pleasants/digest.htm
[3] http://www.quijano.net/tq/digestive.html