Talk:Gastrointestinal tract

message: These articles are not exactly the same, but the intestine article is subsumed within the gastrointestinal tract article. 'Intestines' could be integrated in an artful way, and without a merge, these articles will simply exist to mirror and duplicate each others' content, without benefiting readers. Thoughts? LT910001 (talk) 04:34, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: There are already informative pages on the subdivisions. There does not need to be a separate page for intestine(s). It seems that Human gastrointestinal tract already fills the role of being the overarching article which sums up and branches out. More effort should be put into cleaning that up into a tighter article and making the "sub-"articles better. The Haz talk 18:17, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merge with [[Intestine]] 

message: A separate page is badly needed for digestive system. DIgestive system All other systems have their own entry page. Digestive system at the moment redirects to 'digestion' which is just a process of the digestive system.
Infobox on this GI page refers to digestive system - which doesn't exist anywhere Iztwoz (talk) 12:44, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree that this is an extremely confusing state of affairs. We do need a separate digestive system article. A good place to start may be splitting some of the content (esp. the summary of human organs) from the Digestion article into a separate Digestive system article. --LT910001 (talk) 21:28, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Digestion info needed or redirect

message: Medical articles about the colon refer to "proximal vs. distal adenomatous polyps" -- which parts of the colon are considered proximal or distal (in relation to what?) -- please add these terms to the article. -71.174.175.150 (talk) 17:37, 16 November 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: 'Adenomas were classified as “proximal” if in the cecum, ascending colon, hepatic flexure, or transverse colon; they were classified as “distal” if in the splenic flexure or below.' -71.174.175.150 (talk) 17:51, 16 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  proximal vs. distal 

message: This article mentions bowel, hose or gut as synonyms for the word intestine. Is this meaning described in any dictionary? Jarble (talk) 07:37, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Cannot find any ref so If it is somewhere it must be so obscure as to be not worth mentioning. shall remove --Iztwoz (talk) 07:45, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  ''Hose'' as a synonym for ''intestine'' 

message: in the 2nd paragraph, the 3rd sentence is:
In contrast, the human digestive system comprises the gastrointestinal tract plus the accessory organs of digestion (the tongue, salivary glands, pancreas, liver, and gallbladder).
in contrast to what??  i very quickly read thru the Talk page, and i'm guessing this odd phrasing is a result of merging and un-merging and merging, etc., etc.  but, as it is now, it doesn't make any sense.Colbey84 (talk) 01:50, 5 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi Colbey84 In contrast with the GI tract - the digestive system...etc --. So far nothing has been merged and unmerged just talked about. If you can find better wording - feel free. Cheers Iztwoz (talk) 21:03, 5 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  "In contrast" 

message: This section is removed as speculative on functions and overly didactic on details per WP:NOTTEXTBOOK, #6-7. --Zefr (talk) 14:04, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Protein expression 

message: For the human digestive system see human digestive system and for the non-human animal digestive system see digestion.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.31.10.98 (talk) 13:55, 28 February 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: This article explains the intestines and not about the digestive system.Cwater1 (talk) 23:14, 22 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Don’t read this article.