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Where does protein digestion begin?

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Protein digestion begins in the stomach ( pepsinogen/pepsin )

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What are the steps of digestion?

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Ingestion, digestion, absorption, transport, assimilation, egestion

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Why do human’s need to digest food?

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Food molecules ingested are typically large insoluble macromolecules that must be hydrolyzed to be absorbed, to pass through cell membranes

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What is the macromolecule of a protein?

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Protein

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What is the form of a protein after digestion?

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Amino Acid

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What is the macromolecule of a lipid?

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Triglyceride

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What is the form of a lipid after digestion?

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Glycerol and fatty acids

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What is the macromolecule of a carbohydrate?

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monosaccharides

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What is the form of a carbohydrate after digestion?

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Monosaccharides

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What is the macromolecule of nucleic acids?

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DNA and RNA

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What is the form of nucleic acid after digestion?

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Nucleotides

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Describe the alimentary canal

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long, muscular, digestive tube

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What composes accessory digestive organs?

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liver, pancreas, and gall bladder

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What composes the alimentary canal?

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esophagus, stomach, small and large

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Which canal does food pass through?

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Alimentary canal

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Where does food not pass through

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liver, pancreas, gall bladder

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What do accessory digestive organs do?

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Aid in digestion

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Where does chemical digestion occur?

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Small intestine

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Mechanical digestion

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physically breaking large molecules into smaller “chunks” ( chewing, mixing, churning of food )

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What is the inner portion of the esophagus called?

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The hollow inner portion of the esophagus is called the lumen

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Chemical digestion

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Hydrolysis ( enzymes ), macromolecules hydrolyzed into smaller and smaller molecules through enzyme-catalyzed reactions

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Hydrolysis

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catabolic reactions that dominate the digestive process

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Enzymes

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enzymes are globular proteins that lower the activation energy needed to start a chemical reaction and speed up the rate of chemical reactions

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Where are digestive enzymes released into?

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The gut from the exocrine glands and pancreas

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What do exocrine glands have?
ducts and secrete substances to an epithelial surface
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Where is salivary amylase produced?
Salivary glands
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Where is the site of action for salivary amylase?
Mouth/ esophagus
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Where is pepsin/protease produced?
Gastric glands and stomach cells
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Where is the site of action for pepsin/protease?
Stomach
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Where is amylase produced?
Pancreas and salivary glands
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Where is the site of action for amylase?
Lumen of the small intestine
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Where is endopeptidase/protease produced?
Pancreas
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Where is the site of action for protease/ endopeptidase?
Lumen of the small intestine
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Where is lipase produced?
Pancrease
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Where is the site of action for lipase?
Lumen of the small intestine
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Where is nuclease produced?
Pancreas
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Where is the site of action for nuclease?
Lumen of the small intestine
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What are the three main parts of the alimentary canal?
Stomach, Small Intestine, Large Intestine
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What do nervous and hormonal mechanisms control?
the section of digestive juices and control the volume of content of the gastric secretions
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What do HCl conditions in the stomach do?
HCL conditions in the stomach favor some hydrolysis reactions and help to control pathogens in ingested good
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Pepsinogen
a protease that hydrolyzes peptide bonds in proteins
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How is pepsinogen activated?
Pepsinogen is activated into pepsin in the stomach by HCl
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What does HCl in the stomach help?
HCl in the stomach helps to initially denature proteins and kill pathogenic bacteria and fungi in ingested foods
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How are acidic conditions in the stomach maintained?
Acidic conditions of the stomach are tainted by proton pumps in parietal cells in the gastric pits
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How are acidic conditions in the stomach maintained?
Acidic conditions of the stomach are tainted by proton pumps in parietal cells in the gastric pits
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Stomach uvlers
inflamed/ damaged areas of open sores in the stomach wall
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What causes stomach ulcers?
caused by exposure of stomach cells to stomach acid
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How does helicobacter pylori survive acidic conditions in the stomach?
Penetrates mucus lining ( mucosa )
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What additional factors can cause ulcers?
Stress/diet/ overuse of aspirin, ibuprofen, NSAIDS
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Where do exocrine glands do?
Exocrine glands secrete to the surface of the body or lumen of the gut
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Exocrine glands in the digestive system
liver, gall bladder, pancreas, salivary glands, intestinal lands, gastric glands
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Describe exocrine glands
Exocrine glands have ducts ( tube-like structures ) through which their products are secreted
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Which ducts secrete digestive juices?
Salivary glands, gastric glands, pancreas, glands in the wall of the small intestine
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What is similar to all digestive juices?
all contain water, mucous, and salts
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What are the digestive juices?
saliva, gastric juice, and pancreatic juice
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Where is saliva found?
mouth/throat
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What is the function of saliva
convert starch into maltose
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Where is gastric juice found?
stomach
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What is the function of gastric juice?
Convert proteins into polypeptides
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Where is pancreatic juice found?
Small intestine/ duodenum
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What is the function of pancreatic juice?
Convert proteins into polypeptides, convert triglycerides into glycerol + fatty acids, and convert starch into maltose
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What do most enzymes digest?
Enzymes digest most macromolecules in food into monomers in the small intestine
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What does the pancreas secrete?
The pancreas secretes enzymes into the lumen of the small intestine
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Where are enzymes secreted>
Enzymes are secreted by the pancreas through a duct into the lumen of the small intestine
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Serosa
Protective outer covering
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Longitudinal muscles
Peristalsis (move food along gut/ mix with enzymes)
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Circular muscles
Segmentation (prevent backward movement of food/ mix with enzymes)
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Submucosa
Separates innermost mucosa from muscles
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Mucosa
Highly folded inner epithelial layer (villi and microvilli) to increase the surface area for absorption of monomers from the intestinal lumen
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Mucosa
Highly folded inner epithelial layer (villi and microvilli) to increase the surface area for absorption of monomers from the intestinal lumen
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Lumen
The lumen (inner-most, hollow tube) of the small intestine is lined with folded/ finger-like (increased surface area) projections of the mucosa called villi
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What do microvilli increase?
Microvilli increase the surface area for absorption
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What do microvilli increase?
Microvilli increase the surface area for absorption
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What do microvilli increase?
Microvilli increase the surface area for absorption
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What are the different methods of membrane transport?
Diffusion, osmosis, facilitated diffusion, active transport, exocytosis
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Diffusion
Fatty acids and other small, non-polar substances easily pass through the hydrophobic cell membranes of epithelial cells through simple diffusion
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Osmosis
Water diffuses across epithelial cell membranes in response to movement of ions and other hydrophilic monomers (occurs in small intestine and large intestine)
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Facilitated Diffusion
Protein channels within epithelial cell membranes (of villi and microvilli) allow passage of hydrophilic food molecules (water-soluble/ polar molecules like fructose, vitamins, glucose, amino acids, and minerals)
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Active transport
Glucose and amino acids are pumped (membrane proteins) against their concentration gradients, or they are transported with Na+ ions (co-transport) as Na+ ions are actively pumped across the membrane (secondary active transport)
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Endocytosis
Invagination of the cell membrane to form a vesicle around bulk fluids/ large molecules that must remain intact in the intestinal lumen and bring them into the cell (pinocytosis: “cell drinking”)
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Endocytosis
Invagination of the cell membrane to form a vesicle around bulk fluids/ large molecules that must remain intact in the intestinal lumen and bring them into the cell (pinocytosis: “cell drinking”)
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What is the main function of the large intestine?
Absorbs water/minerals/vitamins/ions
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Egestion
Materials not absorbed are egested= BELCH
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Rate of transit is correlated with what...
he RATE of transit of materials through the large intestine is positively correlated with their fiber content (More fiber = faster rate of transit = less exposure to undesirable food chemicals etc./ decreases contact time between intestinal wall and food)
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Why is fiber in the diet important?
helps “clean out” old/ damaged intestinal cells and unabsorbed materials, it provides bulk to keep materials moving, it absorbs water to keep faeces soft and easy to pass, “works out” the body’s normal microflora, reduces frequency of constipation, lowers risk of colon and rectal cancers, lowers blood cholesterol, regulates blood sugar levels (slows absorption rate of glucose), and decreases hunger (aids in weight management/ prevention of obesity)
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Chlorea toxin causes
Dehydration
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Vibrio cholerae
bacterial pathogen that infects intestines
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Why does cholera toxin cause dehydration?
V. cholerae releases a toxin that binds to a receptor on the epithelial cells in the intestine.

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