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Extracellular digestion

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digestion outside of the cell’s border

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alimentary canal

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  • site of digestion in human/mammals.

- space is outside cell borders

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Digestion

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breakdown of food into its organic molecules.

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mechanical digestion

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physical breakdown of large food particles but does not involve the breakage of chemical bonds

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Chemical digestions

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Enzymatic cleavage of chemical bonds

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Absorption

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transport of products of digestions into circulatory system for distribution

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Digestive tract

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Oral Cavity –> Pharynx –> esophagus –> stomach–>Small intestine –> Large Intestine.

Also includes salivary glands and accessory organs such as pancreas, liver, gallbladder.

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epithelial cells

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cells that serve as a first border and primary protection against outside world.
cover exterior and interior surfaces.

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mucous membranes

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epithelia is most of our body cavities is known as that.

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Basement membrane

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a connective tissue layer in which epithelium is bound to.

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ways of classifying epithelia

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  • Number of layers

- shape of cells

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simple

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1 layer

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stratified

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multiple layers

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pseudostratified

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1 layer but looks like several

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cuboidal

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sugar cube shape

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columnar

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columns shape

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squamous

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scale like shape

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Oral Cavity

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starting point of Digestive system

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mastication

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break down of food with teeth, lips, tongue

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20
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saliva

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secreted by salivary glands

contains amylase

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amylase

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enzymes for breakdown of food. consists of ptyalin and lipase.

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bolus

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formed by tongue from the food and is forced back into the pharynx to be swallowed.

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epiglottis

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a fold that covers the trachea during swallowing.

in parynx area.

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Pharynx

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cavity that leads from mouth and nose to esophagus

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esophagus
muscle tube: starts with striated muscle then transitions to smooth in thorax. -majority of movement is involuntary (ANS)
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peristalis
wave contraction in esophagus to push food.
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Lower esophageal sphincter/ cardiac sphincter
First sphincter at the end of esophagus and before stomach.
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Stomach
Major site of digestions | mucosa here is thick due to acid
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Two stomach mucosa
Gastric glands | Pyloric Glands
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Gastric glands
respond to signals from the brain | -3 cell types: mucous, chief, parietal
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mucous cells
produce mucus to protect wall from harsh acidic environment
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cheif cells
secrete pepsinogen/ pepsin (to digest protein)
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parietal cells
secrete HCl,, which activates zymogens for pepsin-which is most active at pH level of 2
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Pyloric glands
secrete hormon gastrin | produces chyme.
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Gastrin
hormone that induces the secretion of HCl to mix content of stomach
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Chyme
acidic,semifluid mix
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Gastric Juice
Combo of secretions from chief and parietal cells.
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Small intestine
Bulk of chemical digestion and most of absorption occurs here. 3 sections: dueodenum, jejunum and Ileum.
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Villi/microvilli
specialized structure of small intestine which increases the surface area causing an increase in absoption.
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Bacteria
help with digestion and absorption
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Duodenum
most of digestive functions occur here. | once chyme enters, a release of hormones occurs.
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Pancreatic Juice
Complex of enzymes in bicarbonate solution (basic solution) helps neutralize acidic chyme. -has pancreatic amylase, peptidase, and lipase
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Bile
- complex of bile salts & pigments and cholesterol. - produced by liver and gallbladder - released in response to hormone CCK.
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Bile salts
- important in mechanical digestion of fats | - have hydrophobic and hydrophilic regions allowing fats to emulsify and mix with chyme
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Disaccharidases
maltase lactose, sucrose-- carb digestion
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peptidases
protein digestion
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enterokinases
?
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secretin
hormone to release pancreatic juice
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CCK
hormone to stimulate release of bile and pancreatic juice.
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enterogastrone
hormone to slow the movement of chyme to allow for greater time to digest.
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Jejunum and Ileum
absorptive functions occur here.
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Simple sugar absorption method
- active transport and facilitated diffusion into epethelial lining of gut - then moved to intestinal capillaries, where concentration gradient exists between blood and epithelial cells. - absorbed molecules go to the liver thru the hepatic portal circulation
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Fat absorption method
- can easily go through cellular membrane - they move into intestinal cells and reform into triglycerides - they are then packed into insoluble chylomicrons and enter the lymphatic circulation thru lacteals instead of bloodstream.
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Chylomicron processing
if directly into bloodstream they become LDL "bad cholesterol". LDL can be taken by the liver and repackaged into HDL "good cholesterol"
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Vitamins abroption
Only 4 vitamins are fat soluble: A, D, E, K. | the rest are water soluble.
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Large Intestine
for water absorption | 3 sections: cecum, colon, rectum.
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cecum
connects small and large intestine. | -appendix is found here
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colon
absorbs water and salts (recycling system)
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rectum
storage site for feces.
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anus
opening of where waste is eliminated | has two sphincters: internal and external
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internal/external sphincter
-internal is involuntary while external is voluntary.
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pyloric sphincter
allows food to go from stomach to small intestine

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