How does the digestive system work together?

Digestion works by moving food through the GI tract. Digestion begins in the mouth with chewing and ends in the small intestine. As food passes through the GI tract, it mixes with digestive juices, causing large molecules of food to break down into smaller molecules. read more

The digestive system further works in conjunction with the muscular, skeletal, nervous, endocrine, lymphatic, reproductive and respiratory systems, notes Southwest Tennessee Community College. Both certain bones of the skeletal system and muscles of the muscular system are involved in chewing food. read more

Your hormones and nerves work together to help control the digestive process. Signals flow within your GI tract and back and forth from your GI tract to your brain. Hormones. Cells lining your stomach and small intestine make and release hormones that control how your digestive system works. read more