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
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)