SYSTEM
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Digestive System
2 main groups: alimentary canal, accessory
digestive organs
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Major Organs
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Alimentary Canal
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Movements of the Tube
• mixing movements
• peristalsis
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Oral Cavity
• ingestion
• mechanical
digestion
• prepares food
for chemical
digestion
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Salivary Glands
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Pharynx & Larynx
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Esophagus
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Stomach
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Lining of Stomach
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Gastric Secretions
• pepsinogen
• from chief cells • mucus
• inactive form of pepsin • from goblet cells and
mucous glands
• pepsin • protects stomach wall
• from pepsinogen
• protein splitting enzyme • intrinsic factor
• from parietal cells
• required for vitamin B12
• HCl
absorption
• from parietal cells
• needed to convert
pepsinogen to pepsin
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Pancreas
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Pancreatic Juice
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Liver
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Hepatic Lobule
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Liver Functions
1) metabolic regulation
2) hematological regulation
3) synthesis and secretion of bile
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Gallbladder
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Three Parts of Small Intestine
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Secretions of
Small Intestine
• peptidase – breaks down peptides into amino
acids
• sucrase, maltase, lactase – break down
disaccharides into monosaccharides
• lipase – breaks down fats into fatty acids and
glycerol
•cholecystokinin –stimulates pancreas to release
enzymes in pancreatic juice, stimulates gallbladder
to release bile
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Large Intestine
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Functions of Large Intestine
Major functions:
2) Reabsorption of water and electrolytes
compaction of intestinal contents
into feces
3) Absorption of important vitamins
4) Storing of fecal material
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Feces
• water
• electrolytes
• mucus
• bacteria
• bile pigments altered by bacteria
provide color
• smell produced by bacterial
compounds
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