Transcript Digestion

Objectives:
 1.Label the gross structure of the
digestive system
 2.List the basic units produced by the
digestion of the three macromolecules
 3. State the four stages of digestion.
 4.Describe in detail the digestion of one
macromolecule including the specific
enzymes involved
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Stages of digestion
 Ingestion
 Digestion
 Absorption
 Egestion
Digestion: breaking down large molecules
Physical
 Chewing
 Peristalsis
 Churning
Chemical
 Hydrolysis reactions
 Enzymes
 Substances
Digestive juices:
 Saliva
 Gastric
 Pancreatic
 Intestinal
All contain enzymes
Carbohydrate Digestion
Two Stages
 Starch to Maltose
 Maltose to Glucose
Carbohydrate : Starch
Digestion starts in the mouth
Physical:
 Teeth / chewing
 Tongue
Chemical
 Salivary Amylase
Starch
Maltose
 Mucus
Amylase
Carbohydrate : Starch 2
Oesophagus
Physical
 Peristalsis
Chemical
 Mucus
Peristalsis
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Figure 14.3A
Slide 14.4
Carbohydrate : Starch 3
Stomach
Physical
 Churning
Carbohydrate : Starch 4
Small intestine
Physical
 Peristalsis
Carbohydrate : Starch 5
Small intestine
Chemical
Enzymes in cell wall
Pancreatic juice
 Pancreatic amylase  Maltase
 Starch AmylaseMaltose  Maltose Maltase Glucose
Objectives:
 1.Label the gross structure of the
digestive system
 2.List the basic units produced by the
digestion of the three macromolecules
 3. State the four stages of digestion.
 4.Describe in detail the digestion of one
macromolecule including the specific
enzymes involved
Structure of digestive system
Basic structure alimentary canal
Specific Structure
 Organs
 Accessory glands
Gastrointestinal (GI) Tract Wall
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Figure 14.2
Slide 14.2A
General
Structurecanal
of the Alimentary Canal
Alimentary
Four common layers throughout the system:
 Mucosa: innermost layer : secretion/
absorption, (folded, glands)
 Submucosa: connective tissue, lymph,
blood vessels, glands and nerves
 Muscularis: two layers of smooth muscle,
responsible for peristalsis
 Serosa: outermost layer, connective tissue
connects to abdomen
Slide 14.2B
Stomach
 Muscular sac (4 litres)
 Sphincter muscles
Mucosa:
 Walls contain many folds
 Gastric glands
Muscularis:
 Extra muscle layer (3)
Structure of the Stomach Wall
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Figure 14.7
Slide 14.9A
Small Intestine (Duodenum)
 Small intestine = 6.5 meters long (approx)
 Duodenum (first 25cm)
 Includes bile and pancreatic duct
 Most digestion is completed in duodenum
Mucosa:
 Few villi
 Enzymes in the plasma membrane
Submucosa
 Blood / lymph vessels, glands, nerves
Small Intestines (ileum)
Jejunum (2m) and ileum (4m)
 95% nutrient absorption
How would you would expect the
structure of the ileum to be?
Mucosa
 Greatly folded
 Villi (large structures in mucosa)
 Microvilli (brush borders)
 Glands
 Enzymes in the plasma membrane
Small Intestines (ileum)
Submucosa
 Good blood supply
 Lymph vessel supply (lacteals)
 Glands
 Nerves
villi
microvilli
Absorption
 Small soluble molecules are absorbed
through the microvilli lining by:
 Diffusion
 Facilitated diffusion
 Active transport
Glucose
Active transport (gut to
epithelial cell)
Linked to sodium ions
Actively pumped out
Facilitated diffusion
(epithelial cell to
capillaries)
Amino Acids
Facilitated diffusion (gut
to epithelial cell)
AA = different carrier
Linked to sodium ion
Actively pumped out
Facilitated diffusion
(epithelial cell to
capillaries)
Lipid digestion
Lipid Absorption
Mucosal cell
Bile salts
Fatty Acids
Monoglycerides
Diffusion
Lacteal
What’s left?
Large Intestine (colon)
Undigested food
Bacteria (mutual benefit)
Water and vitamins reabsorbed
Large, folded walls.
Rectum
Anus
 Name the small soluble food molecule
resulting from protein, lipid and
carbohydrate digestion.
 Amino acids, fatty acids + glycerol and
glucose .
 Name 3 other molecules which the body
needs in a balanced diet.
 Vitamins, minerals and water.
 Where in the alimentary canal are these 3
absorbed?
 The large intestine.
 Which blood vessel takes small food molecules away from
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the small intestine. Where are they taken to first?
Hepatic portal vein. The liver.
What happens to excess glucose? I.e. glucose not needed
immediately for respiration.
It’s converted into glycogen and stored in the liver or muscle
cells
What happens to excess amino acids taken into the liver?
Amino acids can’t be stored so they are deaminated by the
liver cells producing glucose and a waste product called urea
Villi
 How do cells assimilate the big nutrients?
a) Glucose provides energy by cell respiration resultion
in A.T.P to enable the cell to do work eg muscle cell
contraction.
b) Amino acids build into new human protein eg
enzymes, plasma proteins, hormones and are used in
growth and repair.
c) Fatty acids and glycerol are used to build cell
membranes and for cell respiration.
Ficks law
 Large SA
 Concentration gradient
 Thickness of membrane
Lipids
 Combine with bile salts
 Monoglycerides, fatty acids = glycerol
 Micelles travel to epithelial cell membrane
 MG,FA and G dissolve in phospholid bilayer
(Diffusion)
 Bile salts left behind
 Triglycerides combine with proteins form
chymomicrons
 Diffuse into lacteals
Proteins
Dipeptides
 Facilitated diffusion (gut to epithelial
cell)
 Cytoplasmic enzymes
Proteins
 Pinocytosis (maternal antibodies)