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Digestive System Overview and Process

The document summarizes the key stages of digestion and absorption of food in the human digestive system. It describes the breakdown of food through mastication in the mouth, peristalsis to push food through the esophagus, and further breakdown in the stomach through enzymes and acids. It then discusses absorption of nutrients in the small intestines and roles of the liver, pancreas and gallbladder in digestion before waste is eliminated through the large intestine and anus.

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Digestive System Overview and Process

The document summarizes the key stages of digestion and absorption of food in the human digestive system. It describes the breakdown of food through mastication in the mouth, peristalsis to push food through the esophagus, and further breakdown in the stomach through enzymes and acids. It then discusses absorption of nutrients in the small intestines and roles of the liver, pancreas and gallbladder in digestion before waste is eliminated through the large intestine and anus.

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→ DIGESTION OF FOOD ,
AND ABSORPTION Of nutrients

The MOUTH

→ Process of mastication ( CHEWING) (


enzyme THAT Breakdown OOD
→ salivary amylase →

↳ use of
DIGLVTITION ( SWALLOWING)
THE ESOPHAGUS ~ , presence of BOLI → CHEWED
> -
FOOD
fast oesophageal → PERISTALSIS → mechanism to PUSH Down FOOD ( -

SPHINCTER
THE STOMACH

⇐
FOOD Breakdown types
off Down of FOOD

CONTAINS : mechanical Breakdown


>

0 surface mucous → MASICATIONC CHEWING)

0 Mucous neck ] MUCOUS

0 Parietal cell -
) HYDROCHLORIC ACID and intrinsic factor CHEMICAL Break Down

0 CHIEF cell -
) Pesplno Gen and GASTHC Lipase → Breakdown of starch
0 G- cell → Gastrin
.
↳ salivary amylase

7 small Intestines → BREAKDOWN OF FATS

→ ABSORPTION OF water , nutrients and VITAMINS 4. Bite


parts of THE SI
DUODENUM → longest
ti

sesunvm
ti
ILLIVM

§8
3 Hepa TO Pancreatic
.

DUCT
~ ) Present only TO
-

liver , Pancreas and BLADDER THE DUODENUM

§§
→ → Gail
.

→ Hepa ⇒
Liver

§±§ → PRODUCTION OF BILE → DIGEST Fats

neutralize ACIDITY from THE STOMACH


> →

THE large intestine

→ DEDICATION OF
BOLI
↳ flies THE BY PRODUCT

PARTS OF LI
> lleocaecdl valve

ASCENDING colon

Transverse colon

Descend 1h6 COLON

SIGMOID COLON

rectum

t,

anus Defalcation process


→

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