The Human Digestive Tract
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The Human Digestive Tract
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4 parts of digestion:1. ingestion - the taking in of nutrients 2. digestion - breakdown of complex organic food into small
components
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4 parts of digestion:1. ingestion - the taking in of nutrients 2. digestion - breakdown of complex organic food into small
components
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4 parts of digestion:
1. ingestion - the taking in of nutrients 2. digestion - breakdown of complex organic
molecules into small components
• mechanical digestion - physically breaking down food food into smaller pieces to increase surface area
• chemical digestion - breaking the bonds that hold large complex molecules together to smaller components eg. proteins into amino acids
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4 parts of digestion:1. ingestion - the taking in of nutrients 2. digestion - breakdown of complex organic molecules into
small components
• mechanical digestion - physically breaking down food stuff • chemical digestion - breaking the bonds that hold large
complex molecules together to smaller components
3. absorption - the transport of nutrients from the digestive tract into the blood stream
4 egestion - the removal of waste from materials
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The Mouth
• salivary glands (parotid, sublingual, submaxillary) - produces saliva
--->lubricate food ---> dissolves food particles ---> allows us to taste food --->contains amylase (enzyme)
breaks down starch---> disaccharide = chemical digestion • teeth are important for mechanical
digestion
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The Esophagus- mucin is secreted by cells (lubricate
path) - lined with circular & longitudinal muscles - work together to push food (called the
BOLUS) down peristalsis - wave like muscular contraction
that moves food
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Peristalsis» Conducted by smooth muscle » circular muscle upstream of food bolus
constrict to prevent backward movement 1
» circular muscle downstream relax to allow movement forward 2
» longitudinal muscles contract to push the bolus forward
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• Infer how food reaches an astronaut’s stomach when s/he is floating in zero gravity.
• Your friend is convinced that digestion begins in the stomach. Is this true or false? Explain and include two facts to support your answer.
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The Stomachesophogeal (cardiac) sphincter found before
stomach - thickened muscular ring - controls movement of food in & out of stomach
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The Stomach- gastric juices contain mucus,
hydrochloric acid, & pepsin • mucus - protects stomach
lining • HCl - kills harmful bacteria
(pH 1-3) - activates the enzyme pepsin • pepsin - enzyme that cuts
proteins into shorter chains of amino acids
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The Stomach
- muscle layers circular and longitudinal smooth muscle---> work to mechanically by churning to breakdown food into:
chyme - thick liquid found in stomach
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The Stomach- pyloric sphincter found at end of stomach - controls movement of food out of stomach into
sm intestine
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• Describe the structure of a sphincter. What is its function?
• What is/are the function(s) of HCl in the stomach? • What results if there is a hole in the mucus lining the
stomach wall? • Distinguish between chemical and mechanical
digestion. • What chemical digestion has taken place in the
mouth and stomach? List any enzyme(s) and the substrate(s) they act on.
• List any and all mechanical digestion that takes place in the mouth and stomach.
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Digestive (Pancreatic) Juices are Added- When food enter the duodenum (the begin of the small
intestine), it receives pancreatic juices- secretions of the pancreas
- most of the pancreas secretes digestive enzymes - hormones of the stomach mediate the action of the
pancreas pancreatic cells - recall-> ribosomes, rough ER, and Golgi->
make protein products and ship out of cells —> enzymes
- amylase - digest starch - lipase- digest fats into fatty acids - proteases - digest proteins to
amino acids - sent down a duct - into the
lumens of the duodenum
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Enzyme Digestion in Small Intestine
- 6-7 m long- muscles moves food along (peristalsis)- primary functions: chemically breakdown chyme & absorb
nutrients• Starch —> digested by amylase —> maltose
• Fats (triglycerides) —> Lipase—> digested to fatty acids
• Proteins —> proteases—> digested to amino acids» exopeptidase» dipeptidase
Maltose,lactose/sucrose —> lactase and sucrase —> to simple sugars
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Enzyme Digestion in Small Intestine
DNA and RNA —> digested by nucleases —> nucleotides
Once these macromolecules are broken into these = monomers —> absorption into blood stream
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Small Intestine• how does the intestine increase surface area for absorption of
nutrients? - the mucosa has folds or projections called villi (finger-like
extensions) - microvilli cover the columnar epithelial cells on the villi
» each .5-1.5mm long and 40/mm2
- capillaries in villi absorb most nutrients directly to the blood stream - Lymphatic vessels receive the fatty acids —> eventually into blood
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3 sections of small intestine:
1. duodenum - chemical breakdown is primary - pancreas & gall bladder empty enzymes
to breakdown 2. jejunum - breaks down proteins &
carbohydrates 3. ileum - absorbs remaining nutrients - pushes undigested material along
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• How does the SI increase the surface area? • Why does the SI need to have a high surface
area? • A baby is born with a mutation that results in an
unusually smooth small intestine that has far fewer villi than a normal small intestine. Describe one possible consequence of this mutation.
• What would you recommend to be true about the food the child consumes?
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