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Digestive system
The document outlines the phases and functions of the human digestive system, detailing the process from ingestion to elimination and including key organs such as the mouth, stomach, and intestines. It describes the roles of mechanical and chemical digestion, absorption of nutrients, and the importance of accessory organs like the liver, gall bladder, and pancreas. Additionally, it presents fun facts about the digestive system's length and capacity.
Digestive system
- 1. DIGESTIVE SYSTEM Riaz AhmedMalik Sales Manager North Hilton Pharma 1/26/2016 1 RiazAhmedMalik
- 2. DIGESTION Phases Include 1.Ingestion 2. Digestion (Mechanical & Chemical) 3. Absorption 4. Elimination 1/26/2016 2 RiazAhmedMalik
- 3. DIGESTION Types Mechanical (physical) Chew Tear Grind Mash Mix Chemical Enzymatic reactions to improve digestion of Carbohydrates Proteins Lipids 1/26/2016 3 RiazAhmedMalik
- 4. DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ORGANIZATION •Gastrointestinal (Gl) tract – Tube within a tube – Direct link/path between organs – Structures • Mouth • Pharynx • Esophagus • Stomach • Small intestine • Large Intestine • Rectum 4 1/26/2016RiazAhmedMalik
- 5. MOUTH Teeth mechanically breakdown food into small pieces. Tongue mixes food with saliva (contains amylase, which helps break down starch). Epiglottis is a flap- like structure at the back of the throat that closes over the trachea preventing food from entering it. 1/26/2016RiazAhmedMalik
- 6. ESOPHAGUS Approximately 10”long Functions include: 1. Secrete mucus 2. Moves food from the throat to the stomach using muscle movement called peristalsis If acid from the stomach gets in here that’s heartburn. 1/26/2016RiazAhmedMalik
- 7. STOMACH J-shaped muscularbag that stores the food you eat, breaks it down into tiny pieces. Mixes food with digestive juices that contain enzymes to break down proteins and lipids. Acid in the stomach kills bacteria. Food found in the stomach is called chyme. 7 1/26/2016RiazAhmedMalik
- 8. SMALL INTESTINE Smallintestines are roughly 7 meters long Lining of intestine walls has finger- like projections called villi, to increase surface area. The villi are covered in microvilli which further increases surface area for absorption. 8 1/26/2016RiazAhmedMalik
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- 10. SMALL INTESTINE 10 Nutrientsfrom the food pass into the bloodstream through the small intestine walls. Absorbs: 80% ingested water Vitamins Minerals Carbohydrates Proteins Lipids • Secretes digestive enzymes 1/26/2016RiazAhmedMalik
- 11. LARGE INTESTINE About5 feet long Accepts what small intestines don’t absorb Rectum (short term storage which holds feces before it is expelled). 1/26/2016RiazAhmedMalik
- 12. LARGE INTESTINE Functions Bacterialdigestion Ferment carbohydrates Protein breakdown – Absorbs more water – Concentrate wastes 1/26/2016RiazAhmedMalik
- 13. ACCESSORY ORGANS Notpart of the path of food, but play a critical role. Include: Liver, gall bladder, and pancreas 1/26/2016RiazAhmedMalik
- 14. LIVER Directly affectsdigestion by producing bile Bile helps digest fat • filters out toxins and waste including drugs and alcohol 14 1/26/2016RiazAhmedMalik
- 15. GALL BLADDER Storesbile from the liver, releases it into the small intestine. Fatty diets can cause gallstones 1/26/2016 15 RiazAhmedMalik
- 16. PANCREAS Produces digestive enzymesto digest fats, carbohydrates and proteins Regulates blood sugar by producing insulin 1/26/2016RiazAhmedMalik
- 17. FUN FACTS • HOWLONG ARE YOUR INTESTINES? At least 25 feet in an adult. Be glad you're not a full-grown horse -- their coiled-up intestines are 89 feet long! • Food drying up and hanging out in the large intestine can last 18 hours to 2 days! • In your lifetime, your digestive system may handle about 50 tons!! 1/26/2016 17 RiazAhmedMalik
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- 19. ON A SHEETOF PAPER, WRITE THE NAME OF EACH COLORED ORGAN: Green: Red: Pink: Brown: Purple: Green: Yellow: 1/26/2016 19 RiazAhmedMalik
- 20. HOW’D YOU DO? Green: Esophagus Red: Stomach Pink: Small Intestine Brown: Large Intestine Purple: Liver Green: Gall Bladder Yellow: Pancreas 1/26/2016 20 RiazAhmedMalik
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Editor's Notes
- #7 A good way to describe peristalsis is an ocean wave moving through the muscle. These diagrams don’t separate the esophagus from the mouth functions, you might want to talk about what happens in the mouth too.
- #8 The stomach takes around 4 hours to do it’s job on the food, depending on what kinds of food are digested.
- #12 Depending on the maturity of the group, you can talk about the feces leaving via the anus. Mention the appendix at the bottom of the ascending colon and that it might have been used long ago but is not today Mention the portions of the large intestine, ascending, transverse, descending, sigmoid, and rectum (last one if the audience is mature enough)
- #15 Livers can regenerate missing pieces if necessary. Is one of the largest organs in the body.
- #16 Explain to students that removing the stones typically means removing the gallbladder, but that the body eventually adjusts to not having the bile stored.
- #17 Explain the difference between the two types of diabetes. In type 1, the pancreas fails to produce enough insulin. In type 2, the body stops responding properly to the insulin it creates.