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El sistema digestivo
El esófago, el estómago y los intestinos grueso y delgado, ayudados por el hígado, la vesícula biliar y el páncreas convierten los componentes nutritivos de los alimentos en energía y descomponen los no nutritivos en desechos para ser excretados.
Review Date: 2010-11-21
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
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