Multiple choice

Which of the following is an accessory digestive organ?

  1. Mouth

  2. Pharynx

  3. Esophagus

  4. Liver
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Explanation

The liver is the largest gland of the human body, with a weight of about 3 to 3½ lb (1.4 to 1.6 kg). It is an accessory digestive organ.It secretes bile, a greenish, bitter juice which breaks up the fatty part of the food into tiny drops. Bile from the liver is collected in the gall-bladder from which it flows into the intestine.

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