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DIGESTIVE SYSTEM. WHAT IS THE JOB OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM?. TO BREAK DOWN FOOD INTO BIOMOLECULES THAT CELLS CAN USE. WHERE DOES DIGESTION BEGIN?. THE MOUTH- begins mechanical digestion. HOW IS FOOD MECHANICALLY BROKEN DOWN IN THE MOUTH?.
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WHAT IS THE JOB OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM? • TO BREAK DOWN FOOD INTO BIOMOLECULES THAT CELLS CAN USE.
WHERE DOES DIGESTION BEGIN? • THE MOUTH- begins mechanical digestion
HOW IS FOOD MECHANICALLY BROKEN DOWN IN THE MOUTH? • CHEWING WITH YOUR TEETH BREAKS FOOD INTO SMALLER PIECES.
HOW IS FOOD CHEMICALLY BROKEN DOWN IN YOUR MOUTH? • BY SALIVA THAT CONTAINS ENZYMES • Enzyme called amylase begins to break down starches
Food moves from the mouth to the esophagus…. • the tube connecting your mouth to your stomach.
THE ESOPHAGUS MOVES THE PARTIALLY DIGESTED FOOD TO THE… • STOMACH- continues mechanical digestion by churning food.
WHAT IS PERISTALSIS? • SMOOTH MUSCLES THAT CONTRACT TO MOVE FOOD DOWN THE ESOPHOGUS
GASTRIC JUICE IS RELEASED INTO THE STOMACH TO BREAKDOWN FOOD. WHAT IS GASTRIC JUICE? • A MIXTURE OF MUCUS, WATER, ENZYMES, & ACIDS • Hydrochloric acid (stomach acid) has a pH of about 1-2. Very acidic!
WHERE DOES THE FOOD GO ONCE IT LEAVES THE STOMACH? • TO THE SMALL INTESTINE
Intestines have many folds • Folds are called villi • They increase surface area to absorb nutrients
PANCREATIC ENZYMES WILL HELP FINISH BREAKING DOWN • CARBOHYDRATES AND PROTEINS
THE LIVER MAKES • BILE- BREAKS DOWN FATS
YOUR DIGESTED FOOD MOVES INTO YOUR BLOOD STREAM. WHERE DOES THE UNDIGESTED FOOD AND EXCESS WATER GO? • TO THE LARGE INTESTINE
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE EXCESS WATER? • IT IS REABSORBED INTO THE BODY THROUGH THE WALLS OF THE LARGE INTESTINE
DIARRHEA OCCURS WHEN… • Your large intestine can’t reabsorb excess H2O… • This makes your stool (feces) watery!
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE UNDIGESTED FOOD • IT IS EXPELLED FROM THE BODY
FOOD NEVER PASSES THROUGH THE LIVER OR PANCREAS FOR DIGESTION. • MOUTH ESOPHAGUS STOMACH SMALL INTESTINE LARGE INTESTINE WASTE LEAVES THE BODY.