TY - BOOK AU - Windelspecht,Michael TI - The digestive system SN - 0313326800 (alk. paper) U1 - 612.3 PY - 2004/// CY - Westport, Conn. PB - Greenwood Press KW - Digestive organs KW - Diseases KW - Nutrition KW - Digestive System Diseases KW - Digestive System KW - Gastrointestinal Diseases N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-182) and index; Digestion at the cellular and molecular level -- The upper gastrointestinal tract: oral cavity, esophagus, and stomach -- The lower gastrointestinal tract: small intestine and colon -- The accessory organs -- History of the digestive system: ancients to the renaissance -- History of the digestive system: seventeenth to nineteenth centuries -- History of the digestive system: twentieth century to the present -- Diseases and ailments of the oral cavity and esophagus -- Diseases and ailments of the stomach -- diseases and ailments of the small and large intestine -- Diseases and ailments of the accessory glands -- Cancer of the digestive system ER -