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Digestive System

The document discusses the human digestive system. It describes the five phases of digestion as ingestion, movement, mechanical and chemical breakdown, absorption, and elimination. It explains the two types of digestion as mechanical and chemical. Mechanical digestion involves physical breakdown through chewing, tearing, and grinding. Chemical digestion involves enzymatic reactions to break down carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids. The major organs involved include the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, liver, gallbladder and pancreas. Digestive enzymes produced in the mouth, stomach, pancreas and intestines aid in chemical breakdown of nutrients.

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Digestive System

The document discusses the human digestive system. It describes the five phases of digestion as ingestion, movement, mechanical and chemical breakdown, absorption, and elimination. It explains the two types of digestion as mechanical and chemical. Mechanical digestion involves physical breakdown through chewing, tearing, and grinding. Chemical digestion involves enzymatic reactions to break down carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids. The major organs involved include the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, liver, gallbladder and pancreas. Digestive enzymes produced in the mouth, stomach, pancreas and intestines aid in chemical breakdown of nutrients.

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DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

DIGESTION

 Phases Include
1. Ingestion
2. Movement
3. Mechanical and Chemical Digestion
4. Absorption
5. Elimination
DIGESTION
 Types
 Mechanical (physical)
 Chew
 Tear
 Grind
 Mash
 Mix

 Chemical
 Enzymatic reactions to improve digestion of
 Carbohydrates
 Proteins
 Lipids
TEETH

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DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ORGANIZATION

 Gastrointestinal (Gl) tract


 Tube within a tube
 Direct link/path between organs
 Structures
 Mouth
 Pharynx
 Esophagus
 Stomach
 Small intestine
 Large Intestine
 Rectum

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MOUTH AND THROAT

MOUTH
 Teeth mechanically  Epiglottis is a flap-like
break down food into structure at the back of
small pieces. Tongue the throat that closes
mixes food with saliva over the trachea
(contains amylase, preventing food from
which helps break down entering it. It is located
starch). in the Pharynx.
OESOPHAGUS

ESOPHAGUS
 Approximately 20 cm long.
 Functions include:
1. Secrete mucus
2. Moves food from the throat to the
stomach using muscle movement
called peristalsis
 If acid from the stomach gets in
here that’s heartburn.
Mouth, Pharynx and Esophagus
Video
STOMACH

STOMACH
• J-shaped muscular bag that stores the food you
eat, breaks it down into tiny pieces.
• Mixes food with Digestive Juices that contain
enzymes to break down Proteins.
Proteins
• Acid (HCl) in the stomach kills Bacteria.
• Food found in the stomach is called Chyme.

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SMALL INTESTINE

SMALL INTESTINE

 Small intestines are roughly 7 meters long


 Digestion ends at the duodenum
 The duodenum is the beginning of the
small intestine
 The ileum begins the process of absorption

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SMALL INTESTINE - ILEUM

 Lining of intestine walls has finger-


like projections called villi, to
increase surface area.
 The villi are covered in microvilli
which further increases surface area
for absorption.

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SMALL INTESTINE - ILEUM

 Nutrients from the food pass into the


bloodstream through the small intestine
walls.

 Absorbs:
 80% ingested water
 Vitamins
 Minerals
 Carbohydrates
 Proteins
 Lipids
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• Secretes digestive enzymes


LARGE INTESTINE

 About 1.5 meters long


 Accepts what small intestines don’t
absorb
 Rectum (short term storage which
holds feces before it is expelled).
LARGE INTESTINE

 Functions

– Absorbs more water


– Concentrate wastes
ACCESSORY ORGANS AND GLANDS

 Not part of the path of food, but play a


critical role.

 Include: Liver, gall bladder, and


pancreas
LIVER

 Directly affects digestion by producing


bile
 Bile helps digest fat
• filters out toxins and waste including drugs and alcohol and
poisons.

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GALL BLADDER

 Stores bile from the


liver, releases it into the
small intestine.
 Fatty diets can cause
gallstones
PANCREAS

 Produces digestive
enzymes to digest fats,
carbohydrates and
proteins
 Regulates blood sugar
by producing insulin

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ENZYMES IN DIGESTION

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ENZYMES IN DIGESTION
Digestive juices and enzymes Substance digested Product formed

Saliva Starch Maltose


Amylase

Gastric juice Proteins Partly digested proteins


Protease (pepsin) and hydrochloric acid

Pancreatic juice Proteins Peptides and amino acids


Proteases (trypsin) Fats emulsified by bile Fatty acids and glycerol
Lipases Starch Maltose
Amylase

Intestinal enzymes Peptides Amino acids


Peptidases Sucrose (sugar) Glucose and fructose
Sucrase Lactose (milk sugar) Glucose and galactose
Lactase Maltose Glucose
Maltase

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Bile from the liver Fats globules Fat droplets
Bile salts
STARCH DIGESTION

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SUMMARY OF DIGESTION

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REFERENCES AND LINKS

 Your Digestive System and How It Works


 Digestive system diagram comes from this site

 The Real Deal on the Digestive System


 Pancreas: Introduction and Index
 Your Gross and Cool Body - Digestive System
 Laurentian Regional High School Data Base
- you must know the Username and Password

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