The Digestive System
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The Digestive System
Digestion is the process of breaking down food into molecules the body can
use
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How is food digested?Digestion involves:
Breaking down of food into smaller pieces
The mixing of food Movement through the digestive
tract Chemical breakdown of the large
molecules of food into smaller molecules.
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Two Types of Digestion Mechanical – physically changing the
size of food– Ex: grinding action of teeth – Ex: churning action of stomach
Chemical – a change in the chemical nature of the nutrients– Ex: amylase (in saliva) working on
starch
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Gastrointestinal Tract
a series of hollow organs that food passes through
Also known as the alimentary canal– Alimentary: of or
relating to nourishment or nutrition
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Identify the organs of the digestive system
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Identify the organs of the digestive system
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Mouth (oral cavity)Teeth
-mechanical digestion
Chemical Digestion: – Amylase Enzymes in saliva
chemically digest carbohydrates.
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Mouth (oral cavity)Tongue:o Keeps food in placeo Push bolus to back of
moutho Bolus: a soft mass of
chewed food
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More to the Mouth Uvula
– Dangling “thing” in back of throat
– Catches bacteria and dirt particles
– Can be destroyed by bulimics
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Pharynx Open area at back
of the mouth Passageway for both
food & air Epiglottis – thin flap
that prevents food from entering the trachea
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Esophagus Tube about 25cm
long connects the
pharynx to the stomach.
2 layers of muscle.
http://www.massgeneral.org/cancer/crr/types/thoracic/illustrations/images/esophagus_front.jpg
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Esophogus peristalsis
– Wavelike, involuntary muscle contractions that pushes food through the digestive tract
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072495855/student_view0/chapter26/animation__organs_of_digestion.html
http://www.easttroy.k12.wi.us/hs/dept/science/bottum/Adv%20Biology/digestive/danatomy/images/peristalsis.gif
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Stomach
Both mechanical and chemical digestion
Mechanical Digestion– 3 layers of muscle
that twist and turn the stomach
– Results in churning action = mechanical
– Makes your stomach “growl”
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Stomach Chemical digestion:
– Stomach lining produces HCl (hydrochloric acid) to breakdown and dissolve nutrients
– Enzyme – Pepsin begins to digest proteins
– Bolus becomes Chyme
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Small Intestine 7 meters long
(22feet) Site of nutrient
diffusion into blood from mesentary
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/images/ency/fullsize/19221.jpg
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Small Intestine Mesentary:
– Contains blood vessels that Absorb the nutrients
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Large Intestine Water and Minerals
(NaCl) are absorbed back into the blood
The remains are formed into brown, semi-solid feces
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Large Intestine Diarriaha
– Water was not reabsorbed
Constipation– Too much water
was reabsorbed
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Rectum and Anus Rectum = store the feces.
Anus: ring of muscle that squeezes the feces out of the body.
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Accessory Organs Aid (help with) in digestion but food
never travels through Liver, Pancreas, Gall bladder
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Liver The liver is like a processing factory
with more than 200 different jobs. – Produces bile
Bile: breaks down fats in the small intestine.– Stores some nutrients
brought from the blood after the small intestine
– Produces cholesterol– Detoxifies
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Pancreas Produce insulin and
enzymes Enzymatic juices
travel through the common bile duct into the small intestine
http://www.fairview.org/healthlibrary/content/pancreas.gif
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Gall Bladder A small baglike sac
under the liver.
It stores bile.
Empties the bile into the small intestine via the common bile duct
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Common Bile Duct Collects from liver,
gallbladder, pancreas and empties into the small intestine
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To quiz yourself over the parts of the digestive
system, click here:http://www.tvdsb.on.ca/westmin/science/sbi3a1/digest/digdiag.htm
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Describe water Most of the nutrients in your body
can't be used unless they are carried in a solution. This means that they have to be dissolved in water.
In cells, chemical reactions take place in solutions.
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Describe water Most of the material absorbed from
the cavity of the small intestine is water in which salt is dissolved.
The salt and water come from the food and liquid we swallow and the juices secreted by the many digestive glands.
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For more information about the digestive system, click here:
http://kidshealth.org/kid/body/digest_noSW.html