DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

Digestive System

You need energy to survive Through the process of digestion, your

body breaks the food down into the basic blocks of life, and than rebuilds them by incorporating them into your body.

Your body is constantly breaking food down, and then using the pieces to build, repair, and grow your body.

The pyramid of nutrition

Food for Energy and Growth Carbohydrates are obtained primarily

from cereals, grains, and breads on the average, carbohydrates contain 4.1

calories per gram the body uses carbohydrates for energy

Dietary fats are obtained from oils, margarine, and butter and are abundant in fried foods, meats, and processed snack foods fats contain 9.3 calories per gram the body uses fats to construct cell membranes,

to insulate nervous tissue, and to provide energy

Food for Energy and Growth

Proteins can be obtained from many foods, including poultry, fish, meat, and grains proteins have 4.1 calories per gram proteins are used for energy and as

building materials for cell structures, enzymes, hemoglobin, hormones, and muscle and bone tissue

Animation: Energy for Activity

Food for Energy and Growth

In wealthy countries, being significantly overweight is common this is due to habitual overeating and high-

fat diets, in which fats constitute over 35% of the total caloric intake

the standard measure of appropriate body weight is the body mass index (BMI), estimated as your body weight in kg, divided by your height in meters squared

Are you overweight?

66% of Americans are overweight with a BMI of 25 or more

Food for Energy and Growth

One essential characteristic of food is its fiber content fiber is the part of plant food that cannot be

digested by humans diets that are low in fiber result in a slower

passage of food through the colon low fiber is thought to be associated with

incidences of colon cancer

Food for Energy and Growth

Over the course of evolution, many animals have lost their ability to manufacture certain substances they need many vertebrates are unable to

manufacture one or more of the 20 amino acids used to make proteins humans are unable to synthesize eight amino

acids, which must be obtained from proteins in food

these are called essential amino acids

Food for Energy and Growth

In addition to supplying energy, food must also supply essential minerals, such as calcium and phosphorous some minerals are required in very small

amounts and are called trace elements

Essential organic substances that are used in trace amounts are called vitamins many vitamins are required cofactors for

enzymes

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Processing of food Types

Mechanical (physical) Chew Tear Grind Mash Mix

Chemical Catabolic reactions Enzymatic hydrolysis

Carbohydrate Protein Lipid

Types of Digestive Systems

Heterotrophs are divided into three groups on the basis of their food sources herbivores eat plants exclusively carnivores are meat eaters omnivores eat both plants and animals

Single-celled organisms, as well as sponges, digest their food intracellularly

All other animals digest their food extracellularly, within a digestive cavity

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Phases Ingestion Movement Digestion Absorption Further digestion

Digestive System Organization

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Gastrointestinal (Gl) tract (Alimentary canal) Tube within a tube Direct link/path between organs Structures

Mouth Oral Cavity Pharynx Esophagus Stomach Duedenum Jejenum kIleum Cecum Ascending colon Transverse colon

Digestive System Organization

Descending colon Sigmoid colon Rectum Anus

Accessory structures Not in tube path Organs

Teeth Tongue Salivary glands Liver Gall bladder Pancreas

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The Mouth and Teeth

Many vertebrates have teeth, and chewing (mastication) breaks up food into small particles and mixes it with fluid secretions mammals have heterodont dentition, teeth of

different specialized types the general pattern of dentition is modified in different

mammals depending on their diet in carnivorous mammals, the canines are prominent, and

other teeth are more bladelike and sharp in herbivorous mammals, incisors are well-developed for

snipping, canines are reduced or absent, and molars are large and flat, with complex ridges well suited to grinding

The Mouth and Teeth

Humans are omnivores and human teeth are specialized for eating both plant and animal material humans are carnivores in the front of the

mouth and herbivores in the back children have only 20 teeth but these are

lost during childhood and replaced by 32 adult teeth

Human teeth

The tooth is a living organ.

Anatomy of the Mouth and Throat

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Human Deciduous and Permanent Teeth

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Dorsal Surface of the Tongue

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The Major Salivary Glands23

Deglutition (swallowing)

Sequence Voluntary stage

Push food to back of mouth

Pharyngeal stage Raise

Soft palate Larynx + hyoid Tongue to soft palate

Esophageal stage Contract pharyngeal

muscles Open esophagus Start peristalsis

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Deglutition (swallowing)

Control Nerves

Glossopharyngeal Vagus Accessory

Brain stem Deglutition center

Medulla oblongata Pons

Disorders Dysphagia Aphagia

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The Esophagus and Stomach

The esophagus is a muscular tube that connects the pharynx to the stomach the upper third is enveloped in skeletal

muscle for voluntary control of swallowing the lower two-thirds is surrounded by

involuntary smooth muscle rhythmic waves of contractions, called

peristalsis, propel food towards the stomach

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Usually collapsed (closed) 3 constrictions

Aortic arch Left primary bronchus Diaphragm

Surrounded by SNS plexus Blood vessels

Functions Secrete mucous Transport food

Peristalsis and Segmentation

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Sphincters Upper Lower

Abnormalities Achalasia Atresia Hernia Barret’s esophagus Esophageal varices

The Esophagus and Stomach

The movement of food from the esophagus into the stomach is controlled by a ring of circular smooth muscle, called a sphincter contraction of the sphincter prevents food in the

stomach from moving back into the esophagus in humans, stomach contents can be brought

back out during vomiting the relaxing of the sphincter may lead to acid

reflux, which is when stomach acid moves into the esophagus this produces a burning sensation known as heartburn

The Esophagus and Stomach

The stomach is a saclike portion of the digestive tract the stomach contains an extra layer of

smooth muscle for churning food gastric juice is released by gastric glands

in the lining of the stomach parietal cells secrete hydrochloric acid (HCl) chief cells secrete pepsinogen

pepsinogen requires a low pH to be activated into pepsin, a protease that begins the digestion of proteins

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Usually “J” shaped Left side, anterior to the spleen Mucous membrane

G cells – make gastrin Goblet cells – make mucous Gastric pit – Oxyntic gland – Parietal cells –

Make HCl Chief cells – Zymogenic cells

Pepsin Gastric lipase

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Stomach

3 muscle layers Oblique Circular Longitudinal

Regions Cardiac sphincter Fundus Antrum (pylorus) Pyloric sphincter

Vascular Inner surface thrown

into folds – Rugae Contains enzymes that

work best at pH 1-2

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Stomach

Functions Mix food Reservoir Start digestion of

Protein Nucleic acids Fats

Activates some enzymes

Destroy some bacteria Makes intrinsic factor –

B 12 absorption Destroys some bacteria

Absorbs Alcohol Water Lipophilic acid B 12

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The Small and Large Intestines

The small intestine is the true digestive vat of the body only relatively small portions of chyme are

introduced into the small intestine at one time this allows time for acid to be neutralized and

enzymes to act in the small intestine, carbohydrates,

protein, and lipids are broken down and absorbed into the bloodstream

Small Intestine

Absorbs 80% ingested water Electrolytes Vitamins Minerals Carbonates

Active/facilitated transport

Monosaccharides Proteins

Di-/tripeptides Amino acids

Lipids Monoglycerides Fatty acids Micelles Chylomicrons

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The Small and Large Intestines

While some enzymes necessary for digestion are secreted by the cells of the intestinal wall, most are made in the pancreas the pancreas is an exocrine gland,

meaning it secretes through ducts the pancreas sends it products via a duct

that empties into the first part of the small intestine, the duodenum

The Small and Large Intestines

Much of the food energy the vertebrate body harvests is obtained from fats fat digestion involves bile salts that are

secreted into the duodenum by the liver bile salts act like detergents and combine

with drops of fat to form microscopic droplets this process is known as emulsification this increases the surface area for the enzyme

lipase to work on in order to breakdown the fat

Small Intestine

Secretes digestive enzymes Peptidases

Amino- Di- Tri-

Sucrases Maltase Lactase Saccharidases

Di- Tri-

Lipase Nucleases

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Small Intestine

Control Requires

pancreatic enzymes & bile to complete digestion

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Large Intestine42

Extends from ileocecal valve to anus Regions

Cecum – Appendix Colon

Ascending Transverse Descending

Rectum Anal canal

Anatomy of the Large Intestine

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Large Intestine44

Histology No villi No permanent circular folds Smooth muscle

Taeniae coli Haustra

Epiploic appendages Otherwise like rest of Gl tract

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Functions Mechanical digestion

Haustral churning Peristalsis Reflexes

Gastroileal Gastrocolic

Chemical digestion – Bacterial digestion Ferment carbohydrates Protein/amino acid

breakdown

– Absorbs•More water•Vitamins

– B– K

– Concentrate/eliminate wastes

Feces Formation and Defecation Chyme dehydrated to

form feces Feces composition

Water Inorganic salts Epithelial cells Bacteria Byproducts of digestion

Defecation Peristalsis pushes feces

into rectum Rectal walls stretch

Control Parasympathetic Voluntary

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Location R. Hypochondrium Epigastric region

4 Lobes Left Quadrate Caudate Right

Each lobe has lobules – Contains hepatocytes – Surround sinusoids – Feed into central vein

Liver

Functions Makes bile

Detergent – emulsifies fats

Release promoted by: Vagus n. CCK Secretin

Contains Water Bile salts Bile pigments Electrolytes Cholesterol Lecithin

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Liver

Detoxifies/removes Drugs Alcohol

Stores Gycolgen Vitamins (A, D, E, K) Fe and other minerals Cholesterol

Activates vitamin D Fetal RBC production Phagocytosis Metabolizes absorbed

food molecules Carbohydrates Proteins Lipids

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Liver

Dual blood supply Hepatic portal

vein Direct input from

small intestine Hepatic

artery/vein Direct links to

heart

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Animation: Impact of Alcohol

Final Assignment

Keeping a food diary for 3 full week (21 days) Track all food and beverage consumption Use websites to track calories

Fitwatch.com Use measuring cups/spoons If you work-out; track your calorie outtake

Due via email in table format by FINALS WEEK Worth: 200 points