Digestive System (final) Flashcards
alimentary canal
passage from mouth to anus that food passes through
GI tract
oral cavity accessory organs
salivary glands and tongue
3 parts of small intestine
duodenum, jejunum, ileum
7 parts of large intestine in order
cecum ascending colon transverse colon descending colon sigmoid colon rectum anal canal
duodenum measurement
25 cm
jejunum
2.5 m
ileum
3.5 m
GI tract functions
- ingestion
- propulsion
- mechanical breakdown/digestion
- absorption
- defecation
propulsion
swallowing and peristalsis
mechanical breakdown
chewing (mouth), churning (stomach), segmentation (small intestine)
peristalsis
alimentary tract organs contracting and relaxing to move food along the tract
segmentation
moving food forward and backwards to mix with GI juices. slower propulsion occuring.
hydrolysis
addition of a water molecule and breakdown of molecule
happens during chemical digestion
carbohydrate digestion enzymes
salivary amylase (mouth) pancreatic amylase (small intestine)
carb enzymes breakdown starches into
oligosaccharides which are then broken down in small intestine by brush border enzymes into lactose, maltose, and sucrose
protein digestion enzymes
pepsin (stomach) pancreatic enzymes (small intestine)
protein enzymes breakdown protein into
pepsin breaks down proteins into large polypeptides, pancreatic enzymes break those into small polypeptides, brush border enzymes break those into amino acids
fat digestion enzymes
pancreatic lipases (small intestine) break fat into monoglycerides and fatty acids
nucleic acid digestion enzymes
pancreatic ribonuclease and deoxyribonuclease (small intestine) and brush border enzymes break them into pentose sugars, bases, phosphate ions
mouth and associated organs function
ingestion, propulsion, mechanical breakdown, and digestion (salivary amylase)
pharynx and esophagus function
propulsion (peristaltic waves)
stomach function
mechanical breakdown, digestion (pepsin), absorption (aspirin, alcohol, drugs)
small intestine function
mechanical breakdown, propulsion, digestion, mostly absorption
large intestine function
digestion (enteric good bacteria), absorption, propulsion, defecation
extrinsic salivary glands
produce the most saliva
- parotid
- sublingual
- submandibular