ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Accessory organs of digestion are organs that secrete substances needed for the chemical digestion of food but through which food does not actually pass as it is digested. Besides the liver, the major accessory organs of digestion are the gallbladder and pancreas.

Detailed explanation-2: -The liver, gallbladder, and pancreas are also organs of the digestive system (Figure above). Food does not pass through these three organs. However, these organs are important for digestion. They secrete or store enzymes or other chemicals that are needed to help digest food chemically.

Detailed explanation-3: -the accessory organ of digestive system include teeth, tongue gallbladder, liver etc. the question is which is NOT an accessory organ, and the answer is teeth.

Detailed explanation-4: -The accessory organs are the teeth, tongue, and glandular organs such as salivary glands, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas.

Detailed explanation-5: -The salivary glands, liver and gall bladder, and the pancreas aid the processes of ingestion, digestion, and absorption. These accessory organs of digestion play key roles in the digestive process. Each of these organs either secretes or stores substances that pass through ducts into the alimentary canal.