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Digestive System
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Purpose: –To break down food into useable molecules to be carried to the cells via our blood A.Mouth B.Esophagus C.Stomach D.Small Intestines E.Large Intestines Digestive Pathway (Path the food travels)
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3 types of nutrients: Carbohydrates: -provide quick energy -must be digested into their simplest form/simple sugar molecule -bun Fats/lipids: -long term energy -must be digested -cheese and in red meat Protein: -build and maintain our cells and tissues -must be digested down into individual amino acids -cheese and red meat
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1)Mouth-teeth physical digestion of all food types. 2) Salivary glands Produce saliva Empties into mouth Under the direction of your brain -how commercials workhow commercials work Produces the enzyme amylase Responsible for the chemical digestion of carbohydrates Digestive Pathway…..where food travels through. 3 ) Pharynx Back of throat area Common passage for -food and air No digestion occurs
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Digestive System 4) Esophagus –Passageway for food from mouth to stomach –No digestion –peristalsis: Wave-like motion that pushes food to stomach animationanimation 5) Cardiac Sphincter –End of esophagus, beginning of stomach –Ring of muscle –Keeps food moving in 1 direction –What is “heart burn”? if food moves back into esophagus from sphincter. Contains acid from stomach
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Digestive System 6) Stomach –Muscular sac which digests proteins –Physical digestion in form of churning –Chemical digestion in form of HCl, gastrin + pepsin to break down proteins –Special lining to protect from acid; “sore” in this lining can lead to an ulcer –Chyme- undigested food+enzyme+acid mixture.
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Digestive System 7) Pyloric Sphincter –Ring of muscle which keeps food moving from stomach to sm. intestine 8) Small Intestine –~20-21 ft. long –3 sections –Duodenum: 1 st 10 inches, carries chyme to jejunum, is were all enzymes from pancreas and gall bladder empty into –Jejunum: 8 feet, carbs, proteins, lipids digestion; were food molecules are absorbed into blood –Ileum: 13 feet, takes undigested material to large intestine – Has villi
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Villi in Small Intestine -Villi increases surface area of small intestines so more food can be absorbed into the blood faster.
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Digestive System 9. Large Intestine/colon –larger in diameter –3 ft. long - removes excess water for undigested matter –too much water absorbed=constipation –too little water absorbed=diarrhea 10. Rectum & Anus –holds solid waste until expelled (rectum) –exit (anus)
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Organs part of the digestive system BUT not part of the digestive pathway.
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1. Appendix Appendix- –No apparent function in humans –In other mammals, it helps to digest plant materials/cellulose –animationanimation
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2. Liver: –Largest internal organ –Filters ammonia out of blood and converts it into urea –Makes bile 3. Gall bladder –Stores bile: for the digestion of lipids, empties into sm. Intestines via common bile duct. 4. Pancreas- makes and delivers the following to small intestines: –pancreatic amylase- carbs –lipase-lipids –trypsin- proteins –sends these enzymes to small intestine through the pancretic duct. –Sodium bicarbonate -is a base, neutralizes HCl so it does not damage small intestines.
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To Digest… 1.Ingest 2.Chew 10 to 30 times 3.Swallow 4 to 8 seconds 4.Churn 2 to 4 hours 5.Absorb 3 to 5 hours 6.Compact 10 hours to several days! 7.Eliminate
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The end………….
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Digestive Problems Acid reflux Ulcer
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Gall stones Made up of bile salts and cholesterol Appendicitis
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Diverticulitis: Hemorrhoids
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