Week 6 Flashcards
essential AA
cannot be synthesised by body
ingested by diet
8/20 all AA
incisors
specialised for biting and cutting
canines
piercing body of prey
premolars and molars
crushing and shredding tougher foods like meat and fibrous plant
3 stages of digestion
mechanical digestion
chemical digestion
absorption
foregut
mouth
esophagus
stomach/crop
midgut
small intenstine
hindgut
large intenstine and rectum
amylase
in mouth
breaks down carbohydrates
lipase
in secretions from tongue
breaks down lipids
protein site of digestion
stomach and SI
E: pepsin, trypsin
carbohydrate site of digestion
mouth and SI
E: salivary amylase, pancreatic amylase, lactase
lipid site of digestion
mouth, stomach, SI
E: lingual (tongue) lipase, gastric (stomach) lipase, pancreatic lipase
3 parts of SI
duodenum, jejunum, ileum
lining of the digestive tract
lumen mucosa submucosa inner circular muscle layer outer longitudinal muscle layer serosa mesentry
lumen
central space through which the gut contents travel
mucosa
secretes enzymes and mucus, and absorbs nutrient
submucosa
contains blood vessels, lymph vessels and nerves
inner circular muscle layer
contracts to reduce lumen size