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The Digestive System
Grade 9 Biology
Ms. Marcos
Moving into human body systems!
What does your digestive
system look like?
The tube starts
here:
And although there
are a few twists and
turns along the
way…
It comes out here:
Anything that goes in
the top hole (mouth)
does not become
part of the body until
it is broken down
then absorbed though
a series of specialized
structures.
A Tour of the Digestive System

Mouth

◦ Roles in digestion and other
body processes
◦ Tongue, teeth, salivary glands,
pharynx
◦ Enzymes

Esophagus

◦ Peristalsis
Stomach
◦ Enzyme action
◦ Cardiac and pyloric sphincters
and stomach cell types

Pancreas
◦ Digestion enzymes, pH
balance and maintenance of
blood sugar
Large intestine
◦ Functions and anaerobic
bacteria within
◦ Enzymes and gastric secretions

Small intestine
◦ Specialization – structure and
function three sections and of
the villi
◦ Epiglottis and choking

Liver / Gall bladder

Rectum and Anus
◦ Expulsion of wastes
What does the digestive system do?

DIGESTION:
◦ Mechanical vs. chemical digestion
 Mechanical is breaking the food into smaller pieces
 Chemical is using enzymes and chemical reactions to break apart
the molecule

ABSORPTION:
◦ Moving the broken down food into the blood or the
lymph to be carried around the body

ELIMINATION:
◦ Getting rid of anything that you can’t digest
The parts of the digestive system…
Mouth
Tongue
Salivary glands
Oral cavity
Pharynx
Esophagus
Stomach
Pyloric sphincter
Liver
Gall-bladder
Pancreas
Small intestine
Large intestine
Anus
Rectum
Many parts work together and are coordinated by hormones.
A Tour of the Digestive System

Mouth

◦ Roles in digestion and other
body processes
◦ Tongue, teeth, salivary glands,
pharynx
◦ Enzymes

Esophagus

◦ Peristalsis
Stomach
◦ Enzyme action
◦ Cardiac and pyloric sphincters
and stomach cell types

Pancreas
◦ Digestion enzymes, pH
balance and maintenance of
blood sugar
Large intestine
◦ Functions and anaerobic
bacteria within
◦ Enzymes and gastric secretions

Small intestine
◦ Specialization – structure and
function three sections and of
the villi
◦ Epiglottis and choking

Liver / Gall bladder

Rectum and Anus
◦ Expulsion of wastes
The Mouth
– Where digestion begins
 Hard palate (the bony part at the top)
 Soft palate composed of muscle tissue
◦ The uvula - the thing that hangs down in the
back of your throat
 It stops liquid or food from coming out your nose
when you swallow

Tongue – moves around the food and
forms a bolus (a ball of food)
Types of teeth
There are different types of teeth for different functions:
Sharp pointed teeth for
cutting and tearing
food
Grinding and
mashing food
Crushing and
grinding food
Cutting and chopping food

What’s in saliva and what does it do?
 Water
 Makes food soft
 Mucus
 Helps food slide down the esophagus
 Bicarbonate ions
 neutralize acid produced by bacteria (helps prevent
tooth decay)
 Salivary amylase
 breaks down starch in the presence of water
 Starch  maltose (a disaccharide of glucose)
How much saliva do you produce in a day?
About 1-2 litres!
A Tour of the Digestive System

Mouth

◦ Roles in digestion and other
body processes
◦ Tongue, teeth, salivary glands,
pharynx
◦ Enzymes

Esophagus

◦ Peristalsis
Stomach
◦ Enzyme action
◦ Cardiac and pyloric sphincters
and stomach cell types

Pancreas
◦ Digestion enzymes, pH
balance and maintenance of
blood sugar
Large intestine
◦ Functions and anaerobic
bacteria within
◦ Enzymes and gastric secretions

Small intestine
◦ Specialization – structure and
function three sections and of
the villi
◦ Epiglottis and choking

Liver / Gall bladder

Rectum and Anus
◦ Expulsion of wastes
Traveling to the stomach…

Esophagus
◦ Tube from pharynx to stomach
◦ It has:
 Mucus membranes
 Helps the food slide down
 Muscle
 Pushes the food down the tube

Food moves down by peristalsis
Peristalsis (and reverse peristalsis)

How long does peristalsis take?
◦ About 9 seconds from pharynx to stomach (rate of 2-4cm/s)
Swallowing Animation
Swallowing…
The bolus enters the PHARYNX
1. Uvula moves back to cover openings
to nose
2. Trachea (to the lungs) moves up
3. Epiglottis covers the trachea (so that
you don`t choke!)
4. Food goes down by peristalsis

Swallowing in action…
Reaching the stomach…

Bolus arrives at the cardiac sphincter
◦ This is the “door” at the top of the stomach
◦ Made of muscle

What is heartburn and what causes it?

Opening of the cardiac sphincter allowing food (soaked
in stomach acid) to enter the esophagus.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZIK6Ua20JA
A Tour of the Digestive System

Mouth

◦ Roles in digestion and other
body processes
◦ Tongue, teeth, salivary glands,
pharynx
◦ Enzymes

Esophagus

◦ Peristalsis
Stomach
◦ Enzyme action
◦ Cardiac and pyloric sphincters
and stomach cell types

Pancreas
◦ Digestion enzymes, pH
balance and maintenance of
blood sugar
Large intestine
◦ Functions and anaerobic
bacteria within
◦ Enzymes and gastric secretions

Small intestine
◦ Specialization – structure and
function three sections and of
the villi
◦ Epiglottis and choking

Liver / Gall bladder

Rectum and Anus
◦ Expulsion of wastes
The Stomach

How big is your stomach?
◦ About 1.5 to 2L in an adult human (300L in a cow!)
This is a
rabbit
stomach
The Stomach


J-shaped organ
Three layers of muscle
◦ Mix up and break up the food


Gastric glands make gastric juice
Gastric juice has:
◦ Pepsinogen + Hydrochloric acid  Pepsin

PEPSIN
 an enzyme  it breaks down proteins into peptides
(small protein sections)
Within the walls of the stomach…
Pepsinogen
Pepsin
HCl
(Activates more
Pepsinogen)
Gastric
gland
Mucus cell (shown in red)
Parietal Cell
Peptic cell

3 types of cells in the stomach:
◦ Mucus cells
 Mucus protects the stomach
◦ Parietal cells
 Secrete acid (HCl at pH 3)
 kills bacteria and helps break food down
◦ Peptic cells
 Secrete pepsinogen to make pepsin
Why doesn’t the stomach digest itself?

HCl could eat through the
stomach
 Stopped by the mucus layer

Pepsin could digest protein in
the stomach cells
 Pepsin is only made when pepsinogen
mixes with HCl
 Stopped by the mucus layer
When things go wrong…

Bacterial infections
◦ Cells can’t make mucus
◦ Can cause ulcers and stomach cancer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZIK6Ua20JA&feature=channel_page

How long does food stay in your
stomach?
◦ 2 - 6 hours

Chyme = liquid food that leaves your stomach

Enters the small intestine
 controlled by the PYLORIC SPHINCTER
 “Door” of muscle at the bottom of the stomach
Digestion Questions #1:
1.
Explain the step by step process that occurs when
a. someone chokes on a piece of food. What goes wrong? (1)
b. you are drinking water and accidentally laugh, causing the
water to come out of your nose. What goes wrong? (1)
2.
Explain all the types of digestion that occur in the mouth. (2)
3.
What possible problem could lead to an esophageal ulcer?
Explain what would happen to cause this. (2)
4.
Explain all the types of digestion that occur in the stomach. (2)
5.
If someone had a severe ulcer, would it be possible to remove his
or her stomach and replace it with a bag? What properties would
this bag need to have in order to function? How would that
person’s diet need to change? (3)