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Digestive systems Life Process? Nutrition Transport When is food “in you”? Autotrophic vs. heterotrophic Eat other things for fuel Raw materials for synthesis and assimilation
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Human Digestive System Bringing food close and broken down enough to be absorbed.
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Two categories of organs Alimentary canal AKA digestive tract AKA GI tract –“Food tube”; food passes through these organs Accessory organs –Add digestive juices to food.
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Alimentary Mouth: Put food in here Pharynx: Throat Esophagus (5) : Peristalsis (squeezing food through the tube) begins. Brings food to stomach. Accessory Teeth (1) : Chew food -> increases surface area of food for enzyme action Tongue (2) : Tastes. Is this food? Salivary glands (3) : Produce saliva: enzymes and lube Epiglottis (4) : Closes trachea (windpipe) during swallowing
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Alimentary Stomach (7/14) : Food is ground into a paste. Protein digestion begins Accessory Liver (6/17) : Produces bile: breaks fat into smaller blobs (emulsifies) Gall bladder (16) : Stores up bile for fatty meals Pancreas (8/15) : Produces other digestive enzymes
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Alimentary Small intestine (10) : Digestion completes and most absorption of nutrients. Has adaptation for increased surface area (more absorption) Large intestine (9) : Water absorption Rectum (12) : Storage of feces Anus (13) : Muscle that holds it in/lets it out Accessory Appendix (11) : Helps control gut bacteria populations?
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