the digestive system
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The Digestive System. CHAPTER 8. FUNCTION. INGEST FOOD BREAK IT DOWN ABSORB THE NUTRIENTS ELIMINATE INDIGESTIBLE MATERIAL. MOUTH. HARD PALATE- BEHIND UPPER FRONT TEETH SOFT PALATE- MUSCLES BEHIND HARD PALATE UVULA - HANGS DOWN IN THROAT - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Digestive System
CHAPTER 8
FUNCTION
• INGEST FOOD
• BREAK IT DOWN
• ABSORB THE NUTRIENTS
• ELIMINATE INDIGESTIBLE MATERIAL
MOUTH
HARD PALATE- BEHIND UPPER FRONT TEETH
SOFT PALATE- MUSCLES BEHIND HARD PALATE
UVULA- HANGS DOWN IN THROATSALIVARY GLANDS- UNDER EARS AND
UNDER THE TONGUEAMYLASE= AN ENZYME THAT BREAKS
DOWN STARCH, IN SALIVA
TEETH
• BABY- 20
• ADULT- 32
• BREAK UP FOOD
CROWN- ENAMEL, DENTIN (BONE), PULP (NERVES AND BLOOD VESSELS)
PHARYNX
• BACK OF THE THROAT
EPIGLOTTIS- TISSUE THAT COVERS THE GLOTTIS (LARYNX OPENING= TO THE LUNGS) WHEN YOU SWALLOW
• PREVENTS YOU FROM CHOKING WHILE EATING AND DRINKING
ESOPHAGUS
• CARRIES FOOD FROM PHARYNX TO THE STOMACH
• PERISTALSIS- MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS THAT MOVE FOOD TO THE STOMACH
• HEARTBURN- ACID MOVING UP INTO THE ESOPHAGUS AND IRRITATING IT
• SPHINCTERS- MUSCULAR VALVES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE STOMACH
STOMACH
• MUSCULAR• GASTRIC GLANDS- PRODUCE SECRETIONS1. HCl= HYDROCLORIC ACID- ACTIVATES
PEPSIN 2. PEPSIN- ENZYME THAT BREAKS DOWN
CONNECTIVE TISSUE THAT YOU EAT3. MUCUS• EMPTIES IN 2-6 HOURS• CHYME- ACIDIC LIQUIFIED “FOOD”
SMALL INTESTINE (S.I.)
FIRST SEGMENT OF S.I. =DUODENUM
BILE FROM LIVER (EMULSIFIES FATS) AND ALKALINE PANCREATIC ENZYMES ARE RELEASED INTO THE DUODENUM
VILLI- FINGELIKE TISSUES THAT INCREASE SURFACE AREA FOR ABSORPTION
Total length of S.I. is 9 feet when alive- it relaxes and gets longer after death
VILLI
CONTAIN SMALLER EXTERNAL CELLS- MICROVILLI
• THESE PROVIDE MORE SURFACE AREA FOR ABSORBING NUTRIENTS
• AMINO ACIDS AND SUGARS- ABSORBED BY BLOOD VESSELS
• FATS- ABSORBED BY LACTEAL= LYMPH VESSEL
LARGE INTESTINE
• AKA COLON• 4.5 FEET LONGCECUM- JUNCTION WITH S.I.APPENDIX- A SMALL POUCH-
PROBABLY PART OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
• REMOVES WATER FROM FECES• CONTAINS LOTS OF GOOD BACTERIA
POLYPS
• PRECANCEROUS OUTGROWTHS OF THE COLON
• BILE SALTS GET CONVERTED INTO CARCINOGENS BY BACTERIA
• LESS FAT IN DIET= FEWER BILE SALTS• FIBER IN DIET- PRESUMABLY DILUTES
BILE SALTS AND LOWERS RISK OF COLON CANCER
COLON TROUBLES
DIARRHEA- FECES MOVE THROUGH TOO FAST- INFECTION OR NERVES
CONSTIPATION- HOLDING FECES IN TOO LONG
• NOT ENOUGH WATER IN FECES
• CAN LEAD TO HEMORROIDS
OUT OF THE BODY…
ANUS- OPENING TO THE OUTSIDE
RECTUM- LAST SEGMENT OF L.I.
DEFICATION REFLEX- WHEN MATERIAL ENTERS THE RECTUM YOU GET THE URGE TO GO TO THE BATHROOM
PANCREAS
Endocrine function- RELEASES INSULIN AND GLUCAGON INTO THE BLOODSREAM TO REGULATE BLOOD GLUCOSE levels
Exocrine function- RELEASES DIGESTIVE SECRETIONS- SODIUM BICARBONATE, TRYPSIN (WORKS ON PROTEIN), AMYLASE (WORKS ON STARCH), LIPASE (WORKS ON FATS)
LIVER
• LARGEST ORGAN IN THE BODY• SEVERAL LOBES• STORES GLUCOSE AS GLYCOGEN• CONVERTS AMMONIA TO UREA• DETOXIFIES BLOOD• STORES IRON AND SOME VITAMINS• REMOVES BILIRUBIN (which comes from dead
red blood cells)
BILE
• CONTAINS BILE SALTS WHICH EMULSIFY FATS
• CONTAINS BILIRUBIN WHICH WAS REMOVED FROM THE BLOOD (YELLOWISH GREEN COLOR)
LIVER DISORDERS
JAUNDICE- Yellow skin/eyes caused by too much bilirubin- possibly a blocked bile duct
HEPATITIS- cause= virus, can lead to cancer
TYPES= A- FROM SEWAGE
B- SEXUAL- VACCINE TO PREVENT
C- BLOOD- CAN BE CHRONIC
CIRRHOSIS- DAMAGE AND LOTS OF SCAR TISSUE, more common among ALCOHOLICS
GALLBLADDER
• STORES BILE AND RELEASES IT WHEN NEEDED (FATTY MEAL)
• CHOLESTEROL CRYSTALS - GALLSTONES - CAN BLOCK BILE DUCT and lead to jaundice
OTHER ENZYMES
PANCREAS- also makes NUCLEASE- breaks down DNA AND RNA
SMALL INTESTINE makes:• NUCLEOSIDASE- breaks down
NUCLEOTIDES INTO SUGAR, PHOSPHATE AND BASE
• PEPTIDASE- breaks down PROTEINS INTO AA’S
• MALTASE- Breaks down STARCH INTO GLUCOSE