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DNT 200NUTRITION FOR HEALTH
SCIENCES
DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION
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DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION
“I have finally cum to the konklusion that a good reliable set ov bowels iz worth more to a man than enny quantity of brains.”
Josh Billings, 19th century American writer
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DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION
• Digestion is the process by which food is broken down into absorbable units
• The digestive system includes all the organs and glands associated with the ingestion and digestion of food; it is a flexible muscular tube about 26 feet long from the mouth to the anus
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DIGESTION AND ABSORPTIONThe Digestive Organs
The Mouth– Fiber is crushed and torn– Food is moistened with
saliva for swallowing– Amylase in saliva begins the
digestion of starch to smaller polysaccharides and maltose
– Some hard fats begin to melt as they reach body temperature
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DIGESTION AND ABSORPTIONThe Digestive Organs
The Epiglottis– Cartilage in the throat that
guards the entrance to the trachea and prevents fluid or food from entering it when a person swallows
The Esophagus– The food pipe; the conduit from
the mouth to the stomach– Digestion of starch continues as
swallowed food moves down the esophagus
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DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION
The Digestive Organs
Cardiac Sphincter– The sphincter muscle
at the junction between the esophagus and the stomach
– Closes behind the bolus so that it cannot slip back up the esophagus
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DIGESTION AND ABSORPTIONThe Digestive Organs
The Stomach– A muscular elastic portion of
the digestive tract that grinds and churns swallowed food mixing it with acid and enzymes to form chyme
– Starch digestion stops in stomach as stomach acid and enzymes digest the salivary enzymes
– Sucrose and maltose begin to be hydrolyzed by stomach acid
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DIGESTION AND ABSORPTIONThe Digestive Organs
The Stomach (continued)– Triglycerides are split into
diglycerides and fatty acids (a slight action for most fats except milk)
– Protein, through the action of pepsin and stomach acid is split into smaller polypeptides
– Intrinsic factor attaches to Vitamin B-12 (Intrinsic factor is a substance made in the stomach and aids in the absorption of Vitamin B-12)
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DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION
The Digestive Organs
The Stomach (continued)– Stomach acid acts on iron
to make it more absorbable
– A watery fluid is secreted turning a moist chewed mass of solid food into chyme (a semi-liquid mass of partially digested food), which is then expelled into the duodenum
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DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION
The Digestive Organs
Pyloric Sphincter– The sphincter muscle
separating the stomach from the small intestine
– Is the “gate keeper” keeping chyme from going back into the stomach
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DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION
The Digestive Organs The Small Intestine
– Composed of three segments
• Duodenum (upper-most portion)
• Jejunum (middle-most portion)
• Ileum (last-most portion)
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DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION
The Digestive Organs The Small Intestine (con’t)
– Pancreas produces carbohydrases and releases them into the small intestine
• Polysaccharides are broken down into maltose (glucose + glucose) by pancreatic amylase
• Maltose is broken down by maltase to glucose
• Sucrose is broken down by sucrase to glucose and fructose
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DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION
The Digestive Organs The Small Intestine (con’t)– Bile flows in from the liver
and emulsifies fat– Pancreatic lipase flows in from
the pancreas and breaks the emulsified fat into monoglycerides, glycerol and fatty acids, which are absorbed
– Pancreatic and small intestine enzymes split polypeptides into dipeptides, tripeptides and amino acids, which are absorbed
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DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION
The Digestive Organs The Small Intestine (con’t)
– Bile emulsifies fat soluble vitamins and aids in their absorption with other fats
– Water soluble vitamins are absorbed
– Many minerals are absorbed
– Water is secreted from the small intestine, pancreas, and liver
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DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION
The Digestive Organs
Ileocecal Valve– The sphincter
muscle separating the small and large intestine
– Keeps chyme from going back to the small intestine
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DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION
The Digestive Organs The Large Intestine
– Most fiber has passed so far intact -- bacterial enzymes break down some fiber into glucose, which is absorbed
– Some fat and cholesterol, trapped in the fiber, is excreted
– Bacteria produce Vitamin K, which is absorbed
– More minerals and most of the water are absorbed
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DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION
The Digestive Organs
Rectum– The muscular terminal
part of the intestine to the anus
Anus– The terminal sphincter
muscle of the GI tract
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DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION
Involuntary Muscles and Glands• Except for swallowing and defecating, the muscles
and glands of the digestive tract work with no conscious effort
• Salivary glands secrete just enough saliva to moisten each mouthful of food
• Muscles of the GI tract help liquefy the bolus into chyme (i.e. chewing, in addition to saliva and the action of the tongue, reduces food into a coarse mash suitable for swallowing)
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DIGESTION AND ABSORPTIONInvoluntary Muscles and Glands
• Stomach muscles work to force the chyme downward toward the pyloric sphincter
• Peristalsis begins when the bolus enters the esophagus– Entire GI tract is ringed with muscles that can squeeze tightly– During peristalsis, successive waves of involuntary muscle
contraction passes along the walls of the intestine
• Intestines segment their contents– Segmentation -- a periodic squeezing or partitioning of the
intestine by its circular muscles– Allows the digestive juices and absorbing cells of the
intestinal wall to make better contact
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DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION
The Process of Digestion• Body renders food into the basic units that make
up carbohydrate, protein and fat, absorbs these units, and builds its tissues from them
• Five different organs secrete digestive juices– Salivary glands– Stomach– Small intestine– Liver– Pancreas
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DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION
The Process of Digestion
Digestion in the Mouth• Digestion of carbohydrate begins in the mouth
– Saliva (water, salts, and enzymes -- including salivary amylase) break the bonds in the chains of starch
• Enzymes in the mouth have no effect on– Fats– Proteins– Vitamins– Minerals– Fiber
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DIGESTION AND ABSORPTIONThe Process of Digestion
Digestion in the Stomach• Major event -- initial breakdown of protein• Gastric juice is composed of water, enzymes, and hydrochloric acid
– Acidity prevents bacteria growth– Acidity kills bacteria that enter the body with food
• Acid helps uncoil proteins tangled strands so that the stomach enzymes can attack the bonds
• Minor stomach events– Digestion of some fat by gastric lipase– Digestion of sucrose (to a small extent) by stomach acid– Attachment of a protein carrier to vitamin B-12
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DIGESTION AND ABSORPTIONThe Process of Digestion
Digestion in the Small and Large Intestine• Pancreas and liver contribute digestive juices through ducts leading into the
duodenum• Pancreatic juice
– Contains enzymes which act on fats, proteins, and carbohydrates (glands in the intestinal wall also secrete digestive enzymes)
– Also contains sodium bicarbonate (a base) which neutralizes the acid chyme as it enters the small intestine
• Bile– Secreted by the liver continuously– Stored in the gall bladder– Emulsifies fats and brings them into suspension with water enabling enzymes to
work on them and subsequent absorption
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DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION
The Process of DigestionDigestion in the Small and Large Intestine (continued)
• All three energy-yielding nutrients are digested in the small intestine
• Rate of digestion depends on the contents of the meal– High in simple sugars -- digestion proceeds rapidly– High in fat -- digestion is slower (fat increases a meal’s satiety
value)
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DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION
The Process of DigestionDigestion in the Small and Large Intestine (continued)
• Bacteria in the intestine produce a variety of vitamins (bacterial alone cannot meet the need for these vitamins)– Biotin– Vitamin K
• GI bacteria protect from infection– If normal intestinal flora is thriving, infections have a hard time
getting established– Several types of defending cells are present and confer specific
immunity against intestinal diseases
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DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION
The Absorptive System The Small Intestine– Provides a surface
whose extent is comparable to a quarter of a football field in area
– Nutrient molecules make contact with this surface and are absorbed
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DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION
The Absorptive System
The Small Intestine (con’t)
– A rush of blood
circulation continuously
bathes the underside of
this surface
• Removes these
molecules rapidly
• Makes room for more to
be absorbed
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DIGESTION AND ABSORPTIONThe Absorptive System The Small Intestine (con’t)
– Is a tube about 20 feet long and an inch across
– Inner surface, through a microscope, is wrinkled into hundreds of folds
– Each fold is covered with with thousands of finger-like projections (villi) which are in constant motion
– Any nutrient molecule small enough to be absorbed is trapped in the microvilli (projections from the cells of the villi), drawn in and absorbed
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DIGESTION AND ABSORPTIONThe Absorptive System
Release of Absorbed Nutrients• Once inside the intestinal cells, the products of digestion must be released
for transport to the rest of the body• Water soluble nutrients are released directly into the bloodstream via the
capillaries• Larger fats and fat soluble vitamins
– Are insoluble in blood (water)– Fats are assembled into triglycerides– These triglycerides, with fat soluble vitamins and other lipids (phospholipids,
cholesterol) form with proteins into lipoproteins called chylomicrons– They are then released into the lymphatic system– Then go from the lymphatic system to the blood stream near the heart
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DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION
Transport of Nutrients The Vascular System
• Also known as the blood circulatory system
• Is a closed system of vessels through which blood flows continuously in a figure eight
• Heart is the pump at the crossover point
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DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION
Transport of Nutrients
The Vascular System (con’t)
• Except for the digestive system, blood goes from the heart to arteries to capillaries to veins back to the heart
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DIGESTION AND ABSORPTIONTransport of Nutrients
The Vascular System (con’t)• Digestive system
– Blood gets to the digestive system (intestines) by way of arteries to capillaries
– When leaving the digestive system the blood goes not back to the heart but by vein to the liver
• Liver has the first chance at nutrients absorbed form the GI tract
• Liver is the body’s major metabolic organ– Must prepare nutrients for use by the body– Performs many other jobs in this process
– There capillaries give the liver access to the blood– From the liver the blood goes via vein back to the
heart
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DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION
Transport of Nutrients The Lymphatic System
• Is a one-way route for fluid from the tissue spaces to enter the blood
• Has no pump– Like water in a sponge, lymph is
squeezed from one portion of the body to another as muscles contract and create pressure here and there
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DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION
Transport of Nutrients The Lymphatic System
(continued)– Ultimately collects in a large
duct behind the heart
– Duct terminates in a vein that conducts the lymph into the heart and thereby into the bloodstream
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DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION
Review Secretion
ORGAN OR GLAND TARGET ACTION
? AmylaseSalivary Glands Mouth Starch ?
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DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION
Review Secretion
ORGAN OR GLAND TARGET ACTION
Saliva AmylaseSalivary Glands Mouth Starch Maltose
Gastric Juice Pepsin, HClGastric Glands ? ? Smaller
Polypeptides
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DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION
Review Secretion
ORGAN OR GLAND TARGET ACTION
Saliva AmylaseSalivary Glands Mouth Starch Maltose
Gastric Juice Pepsin, HClGastric Glands Stomach Protein Smaller
Polypeptides
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DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION
Review Secretion
ORGAN OR GLAND TARGET ACTION
Saliva AmylaseSalivary Glands Mouth Starch Maltose
Gastric Juice Pepsin, HClGastric Glands Stomach Protein Smaller
Polypeptides
Intestinal Juice ?Intestinal Glands Small Intestine Carbohydrate
Monosaccharides
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DIGESTION AND ABSORPTIONReview
SecretionORGAN OR GLAND TARGET ACTION
Saliva AmylaseSalivary Glands Mouth Starch Maltose
Gastric Juice Pepsin, HClGastric Glands Stomach Protein Smaller Polypeptides
Intestinal Juice CarbohydraseIntestinal Glands Small Intestine Carbohydrate Monosaccharides
? Juice ProteasePancreas Small Intestine Protein dipeptides, tripeptides
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DIGESTION AND ABSORPTIONReview
SecretionORGAN OR GLAND TARGET ACTION
Saliva AmylaseSalivary Glands Mouth Starch Maltose
Gastric Juice Pepsin, HClGastric Glands Stomach Protein Smaller Polypeptides
Intestinal Juice CarbohydraseIntestinal Glands Small Intestine Carbohydrate Monosaccharides
Pancreatic Juice ProteasePancreas Small Intestine Protein dipeptides, tripeptides
and amino acids
Bile Bile Bile ?Liver ? Small Intestine Fats (Emulsified fat)
monoglycerides, ?, & fatty acids
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DIGESTION AND ABSORPTIONReview
SecretionORGAN OR GLAND TARGET ACTION
Saliva AmylaseSalivary Glands Mouth Starch Maltose
Gastric Juice Pepsin, HClGastric Glands Stomach Protein Smaller Polypeptides
Intestinal Juice CarbohydraseIntestinal Glands Small Intestine Carbohydrate Monosaccharides
Pancreatic Juice ProteasePancreas Small Intestine Protein dipeptides, tripeptides
and amino acids
Bile Bile Bile LipaseLiver Gall Small Intestine Fats (Emulsified fat)
Bladder monoglycerides, glycerol, & fatty acids
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DIGESTION AND ABSORPTIONReview
DIGESTION IN THE MOUTH
AmylaseCarbohydrate Starch Maltose
Fat, Protein, Vitamins No chemical action Minerals, Fiber
Water Added
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DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION
ReviewDIGESTION IN THE STOMACH
Pepsin-AcidProtein Smaller Polypeptides
Carbohydrate, Fat, Vitamins Minor action
Minerals, Fiber No chemical action
Water Added
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DIGESTION AND ABSORPTIONReview
DIGESTION IN THE SMALL INTESTINECarbohydrases
Carbohydrate All Carbohydrates Monosaccharides Bile
Fat All Fats Emulsified fats
LipasesEmulsified fats Monoglycerides or
Glycerol and Fatty Acids
ProteasesProtein All Proteins Dipeptides, Tripeptides
and Amino Acids
Vitamins, Minerals, No Chemical Action & Fiber
Water Added
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DIGESTION AND ABSORPTIONReview
TRANSPORT OF NUTRIENTS INTO BLOODThe following are transported directly into the blood
– Water Soluble Nutrients• Carbohydrates
– Monosaccharides
• Lipids– Glycerol– Short Chain Fatty Acids– Medium Chain Fatty Acids
• Proteins– Amino Acids
• Vitamins– B Vitamins and Vitamin C
• Minerals
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DIGESTION AND ABSORPTIONReview
TRANSPORT OF NUTRIENTS INTO BLOOD (Con’t)
The following are made into triglycerides– Lipids
• Long Chain Fatty Acids• Monoglycerides
These, along with• Cholesterol• Phospholipids
Are assembled into lipoproteins and transported through the lymphatic system to the blood
Vitamins A, D, E, and K are transported through the lymphatic system to the blood