The University of Chicago Header Logo

Digestive System

"Digestive System" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

expand / collapse MeSH information
A group of organs stretching from the MOUTH to the ANUS, serving to breakdown foods, assimilate nutrients, and eliminate waste. In humans, the digestive system includes the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT and the accessory glands (LIVER; BILIARY TRACT; PANCREAS).


expand / collapse publications
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Digestive System" by people in this website by year, and whether "Digestive System" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 21 publications over 11 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 1999 and 2000 and 2001
To see the data from this visualization as text, click here.