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The Process of Digestion
SBI3U
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The Digestive System
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Introduction• The digestive system
is used for breaking down food into nutrients which then pass into the circulatory system and are taken to where they are needed in the body.
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Introduction
• There are four stages to food processing:
1. Ingestion: taking in food2. Digestion: breaking down
food into nutrients3. Absorption: taking in
nutrients by cells4. Egestion: removing any
leftover wastes
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Human Digestive System
• Begins when food enters the mouth (oral cavity).
• It is physically broken down by the teeth (mechanical).
• It is chemically broken down by enzymes released from the salivary glands.
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Human Digestive System• The tongue moves the
food around until it forms a ball called a bolus.
• The bolus is passed to the pharynx (throat) and the epiglottis makes sure the bolus passes into the esophagus and not down the trachea!
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Human Digestive System• The bolus passes
down the esophagus by peristalsis.
• Peristalsis is a wave of muscular contractions that push the bolus down towards the stomach.
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Human Digestive System
• To enter the stomach, the bolus must pass through the lower esophageal sphincter, a tight muscle that keeps stomach acid out of the esophagus.
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Human Digestive System• The stomach has folds
called rugae and is a big muscular pouch which churns the bolus (physical digestion).
• The bolus is mixed with gastric juice, a mixture of stomach acid and enzymes (chemical digestion).
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Human Digestive System• The stomach does do some
absorption too.
• Some medicines (i.e. aspirin), water and alcohol are all absorbed through the stomach.
• The digested bolus is now called chyme and it leaves the stomach by passing through the pyloric sphincter.
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Human Digestive System• Food is now in the small
intestine.
• The majority of absorption occurs here.
• The liver and pancreas help the small intestine to maximize absorption.
• The small intestine is broken down into three parts:
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Human Digestive System
1. Duodenum• Bile enters through
the bile duct. It breaks down fats.
• The pancreas secretes pancreatic juice to reduce the acidity of the chyme.
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Human Digestive System2. Jejunum• The jejunum is where
the majority of absorption takes place.
• It has tiny finger-like projections called villi lining it, which increase the surface area for absorbing nutrients.
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Human Digestive System• Each villi itself has tiny fingerlike projections
called microvilli, which further increase the surface area for absorption.
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Human Digestive System3. Ileum• The last portion of
the small intestine is the ileum, which has fewer villi and basically compacts the leftovers to pass through the caecum into the large intestine.
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Human Digestive System
• The large intestine (or colon) is used to absorb water from the waste material leftover and to produce vitamin K and some B vitamins using the helpful bacteria that live here.
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Human Digestive System
• All leftover waste is compacted and stored at the end of the large intestine called the rectum.
• When full, the anal sphincter loosens and the waste, called feces, passes out of the body through the anus.
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Chemical Digestion
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Introduction• Food cannot be broken
down into small enough nutrients by physical digestion alone.
• Special enzymes in our body help chemically break down food into small nutrients.
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Enzymes• Enzymes are special
proteins made at ribosomes.
• There are different classes of enzymes:
1. Carbohydrases break down carbs
2. Proteinases break down proteins
3. Lipases break down lipids.
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Enzymes• These enzymes are
secreted into the digestive system by special groups of secretory cells called glands.
• Glands are usually connected to the digestive system through special tubes called ducts.
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Enzymes• The item that an enzyme breaks down
is called a substrate. The enzyme is not changed at all during this process.
• Every enzyme performs best under its own optimal conditions.
• This depends on temperature, pH and the presence/absence of certain ions or vitamins and minerals.
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The Mouth • Three salivary glands produce saliva which contains:
– Water and mucous: lubricates the food – Sodium bicarbonate: reduces the acidity of the
bolus– Salivary amylase: enzyme that begins to break
down carbohydrates
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The Stomach• Hydrochloric acid (HCl) kills off any
invading bacteria or viruses.
• The enzyme pepsin breaks down proteins.
• The enzyme lipase breaks down lipids.
• Mucus protects the lining of the stomach from being eaten away by the acid.
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The Pancreas• Produces and releases into the small
intestine: – Enzymes that act on proteins,
carbohydrates, and fats.– Bicarbonate solution to raise the
pH of the chyme.
• Produces and releases into the blood stream:
– Insulin that converts glucose to glycogen, which gets stored in the body cells for later use.
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The Liver• Makes bile, which aids in fat digestion
• Most of the glycogen is stored here
• Vitamins A, D, E, K are stored here• • Detoxifies poisons that are ingested
(including ethanol)– Cirrhosis: breakdown of liver cells due
to high levels of poisons.
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The Gall Bladder• Stores the bile produced in
the liver.
• Releases bile into the small intestine.
• Illnesses of the gall bladder include– Gall stones: crystals of bile
salts around cholesterol.– Jaundice: collection of bile
pigment in blood.
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Digestion and Homeostasis• A large meal activates receptors
that churn the stomach and empty it faster.
• If the meal was high in fat, digestion is slowed, allowing time for the fat to be broken down.
• Hence why we feel fuller after eating a high fat meal.
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Digestion and Homeostasis
• The endocrine, nervous, digestive and circulatory systems all work together to control digestion.
• Before we eat, smelling food releases saliva in our mouths and gastrin in our stomachs which prepares the body for a snack.
The Hormone Gastrin
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Hormones• Hormones are chemical regulators,
they also help control digestive enzymes.
• The hormone gastrin stimulates the digestive glands around the stomach.
• The hormone secretin stimulates the pancreas to release its enzymes which help neutralize the stomach contents as they enter the small intestine.