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Human AnatomyHuman Anatomy
CELLULAR METABOLISMCELLULAR METABOLISM
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Processes of the Digestive SystemProcesses of the Digestive System
Figure 14.11

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Control of Digestive ActivityControl of Digestive Activity
• Mostly by reflexes via the
parasympathetic division
• Chemical and mechanical receptors
trigger reflexes

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Control of Digestive ActivityControl of Digestive Activity
• Stimuli include:
• Stretch of the organ
• pH of the contents
• Presence of breakdown products

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Control of Digestive ActivityControl of Digestive Activity
• Reflexes include:
• Activation or inhibition of glandular
secretions
• Smooth muscle activity

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Digestion and Absorption in theDigestion and Absorption in the
StomachStomach
• Proteases act on:
• Pepsin –protein digestion
• Rennin –milk protein digestion
• Absorption of:
• Water, alcohol and aspirin

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Digestion in the Small IntestineDigestion in the Small Intestine
• Pancreatic enzymes provide…
• Complete digestion of starch
• Amylase
• Other carbohydrases
• About half protein digestion (trypsin, etc.)

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Digestion in the Small IntestineDigestion in the Small Intestine
• Pancreatic enzymes, cont…
• Fat digestion (lipase)
• Nucleic acid digestion (nucleases)
• Alkaline content neutralizes acidic chyme

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Stimulation of the Release of PancreaticStimulation of the Release of Pancreatic
JuiceJuice
• Vagus nerve
• Local hormones
• Secretin
• Cholecystokinin
Figure 14.15

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Absorption in the Small IntestineAbsorption in the Small Intestine
• Water
• Products of digestion
• Most molecules absorbed by active
transport
• Lipids absorbed by diffusion
• Nutrients transported to the liver

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NutritionNutrition
• Nutrient – substance used by the body
for growth, maintenance, and repair
• Categories of nutrients
• Carbohydrates
• Lipids
• Proteins
• Vitamins
• Mineral
• Water

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Cellular MetabolismCellular Metabolism
• “All the chemical reactions necessary to
maintain life”
• Anabolism: a constructive process during
which larger molecules are built from
smaller ones
• Usually involves condensation
•AKA dehydration synthesis

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•Carbohydrates
•Monosaccharides = simple sugars
•Glucose, fructose
•Disaccharides = Combinations of
monosaccharides, removal of water
•Sucrose, lactose, maltose
• Polysaccharides: usually polymers of
glucose
•Starch, cellulose, chitin

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•Lipids
•1 glycerol + 3 fatty acids
neutral fat + 3 H2O
•These are triglycerides
•Further modifications produce:
•Phospholipids (cell membrane)
•glycolipids (cell membrane)
•Lipoproteins (cell membrane,
blood)

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•Proteins
•Two amino acids a dipeptide + H2O
•Covalent bond formed is a peptide
bond
•Unique to proteins
•Polypeptides: 2-100 amino acids
•Protein: >100 amino acids
•Require additional modification to
become functional

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•Proteins
•Modification occurs on four levels
•Primary: string of amino acids
•Secondary: helix or “pleat” structures
•Tertiary: 3-D folding
•Quarternary: two or more 3-D
proteins that act as a functional unit
•i.e., hemoglobin, collagen

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•Proteins
•Recall from Chemistry: 
•Proteins each have a unique 3-D
shape
•Shape determines function
•Loss of shape leads to loss of
function
•“denaturing” proteins with heat, pH
changes

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•Proteins
•May be structural or functional
•Structural:
•Play a role in cellular architecture
•Collagen, fibrin, actin, myosin, etc.
•Functional:
•Play a role in cell metabolism
•Enzymes, neurotransmitters,
antibodies, etc.

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•Enzymes:
•Biological catalysts
•Highly specific for a substrate
•Substrate: substance upon which an
enzyme acts
• i.e., peptidases act only on
peptide bonds in small polypeptides
•Produced only in presence of substrate

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•Enzymes:
•Huge protein molecules
•Alter shape to conform to shape of
substrate (“wrap around” effect)
•Average 1500/cell (>5000 in liver cells)
•Most require co-enzymes

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•Enzymes:
•Recognize substrate by shape of
binding site
•Serve to lower energy required for
reaction to occur (activation energy)
•therefore speed up reactions
•Not changed or used up during reaction

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•Co-Enzymes:
•Required to activate enzymes
•Facilitate enzymatic reactions
•May be a metal ion (Zn++
, Cu++
, Fe++
)
•May be a vitamin
•Vitamins are co-enzymes
•Only function if “their” enzyme is
available

23. Cellular Metabolism
• Catabolism: substances are broken down into molecules
• “destructive” process
• Large molecules broken down into smaller molecules
• Usually by hydrolysis
• “splitting with water”
• Adds H2O back into molecule
• Breaks covalent bonds

24. Cellular Metabolism
• Catabolism
• Energy is released when bonds break
• Reverse of dehydration synthesis
(condensation)
• Hydrolysis = chemical digestion
• Occurs simultaneously (and
continuously) with anabolism
• Processes controlled by enzymes

25. Cellular Energy
• Cellular energy is chemical energy
• Derived from breaking chemical
bonds
• ~ ½ Energy is stored as ATP
• ~ ½ Energy is released as heat
• Helps maintain body temperature
• Enzymes control in the process

26. Cellular Energy
All nutrient molecules are ultimately
degraded or converted to glucose
Only glucose can be used to make
ATP
Oxidation: cellular process of
chemically breaking apart a glucose
molecule to release energy

27. Cellular Energy
Glucose oxidation occurs in 2 phases
Anerobic metabolism
Occurs in cytoplasm
Without oxygen
AKA glycolysis
Splits glucose into two 3-Carbon
molecules: pyruvate

28. Cellular Energy
Glycolysis
Process also produces 2 ATPs
In yeast, plant cells:
Pyruvate can undergo alcoholic
fermentation
In bacteria, animal cells:
Pyruvate can produce lactic acid

29. Cellular Energy
Aerobic metabolism
Uses oxygen
AKA Kreb’s Cycle or Citric Acid
cycle or Tricarboxylic Acid (TCA)
Cycle
Occurs in mitochondria
Makes more ATP than anerobic
processes

30. Cellular Energy
Aerobic metabolism
CO2 and H2O are waste products
CO2:
Diffuses out of cells
Dissolves in plasma
Produces HCO3
-
in blood
Exhaled from lungs

31. Cellular Energy
Aerobic metabolism
H2O:
“metabolic” water
Exhaled from lungs
Final products of glucose oxidation:
CO2, H2O, ATP

32. Cellular Energy
Aerobic metabolism
For each molecule of glucose:
2 ATP formed in glycolysis
36 ATP formed in TCA cycle
Energy stored in phosphate
bonds
A reversible reaction

33. Metabolic Pathways
“A particular sequence of enzymatic
reactions”
Such as glycolysis, TCA cycle
Carbohydrate pathways
Carbos should comprise most of
our diet (~ 50% complex carbs)
Used as a primary energy source
Produce 4kcal/gm

34. Metabolic Pathways
Carbohydrate pathways
Excess carbs converted to energy
storage forms
Glycogen (muscle, liver)
Adipose tissue (hips)
Process is anabolism

35. Metabolic Pathways
Lipid pathways
Metabolism controlled by liver
Should comprise <30% of calories
in diet
Get 9 kcal/gm (more ATP!)
Must be degraded into glycerol,
fatty acids, then pyruvate
A reversible catabolic process

36. Metabolic Pathways
Protein pathways
Proteins should comprise ~30% of
diet
Get 4 kcal/gm
Catabolism is more complex
Proteins contain nitrogen

37. Metabolic Pathways
Protein pathways
Deamination: removal of nitrogen
from amino acids
Occurs in liver
Nitrogen is converted to urea
A nitrogenous waste product
Sent to kidneys for excretion

38. Metabolic Pathways
Protein pathways
After deamination:
amino acid “skeleton” is
processed
in TCA cycle
May produce CO2, H2O, ATP
May form glucose or fat

39. Metabolic Pathways
Protein pathways
Glucose formed from amino acid
skeletons may be re-converted to
amino acids
“Essential” amino acids:
Body cannot make these
Must obtain in the diet

40. Regulation of Metabolic Pathways
Enzyme “saturation”
Too much substrate for number of
enzyme molecules
Reaction rate cannot increase
A single enzyme can control an
entire metabolic pathway
“rate limiting” enzyme

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Digestive System: DisordersDigestive System: Disorders
• Ulcers: bacterial infection with H. pylori
• Vomiting: controlled by center in medulla
oblongata
• Activity of tract slows in old age
• Fewer digestive juices
• Peristalsis slows
• Diverticulosis and cancer more common

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Digestive System: DisordersDigestive System: Disorders
• IBS: irritable bowel syndrome
• Crohn’s disease (autoimmune)
• Constipation
• Diarrhea
• Colitis
• Colon polyps/cancers