Dr. Trisha Pasricha
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Yeah, so this, what I'm gonna walk you through is the gut.
The gut is our way of referring to the gastrointestinal tract.
That is everything from the mouth all the way back to the anus.
That is the entirety of the gastrointestinal tract.
So everything that's part of that really, really long, complicated tube, that's your gut.
Huh.
So let's walk through it.
So suppose you take a bite of food.
It goes through your mouth here.
Yep.
And now follow along.
It goes through this tube at the back of your throat.
Do you see this muscle?
That long tube is called the esophagus.
Okay.
And it goes from the esophagus down.
You know what's interesting?
Not so.
It's hiding out in the back there.
So I had to actually remove the heart for you to be able to get a good look at it.