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System
Digestive Functions
Digestive System
Organs of Digestion
Digestive Process
Three activities are involved in the
digestive process:
A.
B.
C.
Mechanical Digestion
Chemical Digestion
Absorption
A. Mechanical digestion
B. Chemical Digestion
C. Absorption
THE MOUTH
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Also, located on
the tongue are
taste buds. These
chemoreceptors
are specialized
cells which can
detect certain
tastes when food
chemicals are
dissolved in saliva.
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ESOPHAGUS
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Swallowing
2) Waves of muscular
contractions called
PERISTALSIS move food
down the esophagus and
through the rest of the
digestive tract. The bolus is
pushed through a Valve called
the cardiac sphincter where
the Esophagus joins the
Stomach.
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Esophagus to Stomach
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The Stomach
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THE STOMACH
This
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Digestive Fluid
Chyme
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THE
SMALL
INTESTIN
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Stomach
Small
intestine
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THE PANCREAS
Protein Digestion
Trypsin
Erepsins
Carbohydrate Digestion
Lipid Digestion
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Small intestine
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Chemical digestion
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Gall Bladder
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THE LIVER
Bile continues
mechanical
digestion by
emulsifying fats in the
small intestine.
Emulsification
occurs when large fat
droplets are turned
into smaller fat
droplets. This
increases the surface
area of the fats so
that the lipase can
work more efficiently.
No chemical bonds
in the fats are
broken by the bile,
so this is
considered
physical digestion,
NOT chemical
digestion. Bile is
what give feces its
characteristic
brownish colour.
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Bile is continually
produced by the
liver and is stored
in the gall bladder.
When fats are
detected in the
small intestine a
hormone called
cholecystokinin
(CCK) is released
into the
bloodstream.
CCK is carried to
the gallbladder
which triggers the
gallbladder to
release bile into
the small intestine.
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appendix
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CONTROL OF
DIGESTION
Cholecystokinin (CCK)
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DISORDERS OF
THE DIGESTIVE
SYSTEM
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Ulcers
HepatitisA, B and C
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Cirrhosis:
Gallstones:
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