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DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
Riaz Ahmed Malik
Sales Manager North
Hilton Pharma
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DIGESTION
 Phases Include
1. Ingestion
2. Digestion (Mechanical & Chemical)
3. Absorption
4. Elimination
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DIGESTION
 Types
Mechanical (physical)
 Chew
 Tear
 Grind
 Mash
 Mix
Chemical
 Enzymatic reactions to improve digestion of
Carbohydrates
Proteins
Lipids
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DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ORGANIZATION
• Gastrointestinal (Gl) tract
– Tube within a tube
– Direct link/path between organs
– Structures
• Mouth
• Pharynx
• Esophagus
• Stomach
• Small intestine
• Large Intestine
• Rectum
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MOUTH Teeth mechanically
break down food into
small pieces. Tongue
mixes food with
saliva (contains
amylase, which helps
break down starch).
 Epiglottis is a flap-
like structure at the
back of the throat
that closes over the
trachea preventing
food from entering it.
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ESOPHAGUS
 Approximately 10” long
 Functions include:
1. Secrete mucus
2. Moves food from the throat to
the stomach using muscle
movement called peristalsis
 If acid from the stomach gets
in here that’s heartburn.
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STOMACH J-shaped muscular bag that stores the
food you eat, breaks it down into tiny
pieces.
 Mixes food with digestive juices that
contain enzymes to break down
proteins and lipids.
 Acid in the stomach kills bacteria.
 Food found in the stomach is called
chyme.
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SMALL INTESTINE
 Small intestines are roughly 7 meters
long
 Lining of intestine walls has finger-
like projections called villi, to
increase surface area.
 The villi are covered in microvilli
which further increases surface area
for absorption.
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SMALL INTESTINE
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 Nutrients from the food pass into
the bloodstream through the
small intestine walls.
 Absorbs:
 80% ingested water
 Vitamins
 Minerals
 Carbohydrates
 Proteins
 Lipids
• Secretes digestive enzymes
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LARGE INTESTINE
 About 5 feet long
 Accepts what small intestines
don’t absorb
 Rectum (short term storage
which holds feces before it is
expelled).
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LARGE INTESTINE Functions
Bacterial digestion
 Ferment carbohydrates
 Protein breakdown
– Absorbs more water
– Concentrate wastes
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ACCESSORY ORGANS
 Not part of the path of
food, but play a critical
role.
 Include: Liver, gall
bladder, and pancreas
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LIVER
 Directly affects digestion by
producing bile
Bile helps digest fat
• filters out toxins and waste including drugs
and alcohol
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GALL BLADDER
 Stores bile from the
liver, releases it into
the small intestine.
 Fatty diets can cause
gallstones
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PANCREAS
 Produces digestive
enzymes to digest
fats, carbohydrates
and proteins
 Regulates blood
sugar by producing
insulin
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FUN FACTS
• HOW LONG ARE YOUR INTESTINES? At least 25 feet
in an adult. Be glad you're not a full-grown horse -- their
coiled-up intestines are 89 feet long!
• Food drying up and hanging out in the large intestine
can last 18 hours to 2 days!
• In your lifetime, your digestive system may handle
about 50 tons!!
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QUIZ
ON A SHEET OF PAPER, WRITE THE
NAME OF EACH COLORED ORGAN:
 Green:
 Red:
 Pink:
 Brown:
 Purple:
 Green:
 Yellow:
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HOW’D YOU DO?
 Green: Esophagus
 Red: Stomach
 Pink: Small Intestine
 Brown: Large
Intestine
 Purple: Liver
 Green: Gall Bladder
 Yellow: Pancreas
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THANK YOU
VERY MUCH
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Digestive system

  • 1. DIGESTIVE SYSTEM Riaz Ahmed Malik Sales Manager North Hilton Pharma 1/26/2016 1 RiazAhmedMalik
  • 2. DIGESTION  Phases Include 1. Ingestion 2. Digestion (Mechanical & Chemical) 3. Absorption 4. Elimination 1/26/2016 2 RiazAhmedMalik
  • 3. DIGESTION  Types Mechanical (physical)  Chew  Tear  Grind  Mash  Mix Chemical  Enzymatic reactions to improve digestion of Carbohydrates Proteins Lipids 1/26/2016 3 RiazAhmedMalik
  • 4. DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ORGANIZATION • Gastrointestinal (Gl) tract – Tube within a tube – Direct link/path between organs – Structures • Mouth • Pharynx • Esophagus • Stomach • Small intestine • Large Intestine • Rectum 4 1/26/2016RiazAhmedMalik
  • 5. MOUTH Teeth mechanically break down food into small pieces. Tongue mixes food with saliva (contains amylase, which helps break down starch).  Epiglottis is a flap- like structure at the back of the throat that closes over the trachea preventing food from entering it. 1/26/2016RiazAhmedMalik
  • 6. ESOPHAGUS  Approximately 10” long  Functions include: 1. Secrete mucus 2. Moves food from the throat to the stomach using muscle movement called peristalsis  If acid from the stomach gets in here that’s heartburn. 1/26/2016RiazAhmedMalik
  • 7. STOMACH J-shaped muscular bag that stores the food you eat, breaks it down into tiny pieces.  Mixes food with digestive juices that contain enzymes to break down proteins and lipids.  Acid in the stomach kills bacteria.  Food found in the stomach is called chyme. 7 1/26/2016RiazAhmedMalik
  • 8. SMALL INTESTINE  Small intestines are roughly 7 meters long  Lining of intestine walls has finger- like projections called villi, to increase surface area.  The villi are covered in microvilli which further increases surface area for absorption. 8 1/26/2016RiazAhmedMalik
  • 10. SMALL INTESTINE 10  Nutrients from the food pass into the bloodstream through the small intestine walls.  Absorbs:  80% ingested water  Vitamins  Minerals  Carbohydrates  Proteins  Lipids • Secretes digestive enzymes 1/26/2016RiazAhmedMalik
  • 11. LARGE INTESTINE  About 5 feet long  Accepts what small intestines don’t absorb  Rectum (short term storage which holds feces before it is expelled). 1/26/2016RiazAhmedMalik
  • 12. LARGE INTESTINE Functions Bacterial digestion  Ferment carbohydrates  Protein breakdown – Absorbs more water – Concentrate wastes 1/26/2016RiazAhmedMalik
  • 13. ACCESSORY ORGANS  Not part of the path of food, but play a critical role.  Include: Liver, gall bladder, and pancreas 1/26/2016RiazAhmedMalik
  • 14. LIVER  Directly affects digestion by producing bile Bile helps digest fat • filters out toxins and waste including drugs and alcohol 14 1/26/2016RiazAhmedMalik
  • 15. GALL BLADDER  Stores bile from the liver, releases it into the small intestine.  Fatty diets can cause gallstones 1/26/2016 15 RiazAhmedMalik
  • 16. PANCREAS  Produces digestive enzymes to digest fats, carbohydrates and proteins  Regulates blood sugar by producing insulin 1/26/2016RiazAhmedMalik
  • 17. FUN FACTS • HOW LONG ARE YOUR INTESTINES? At least 25 feet in an adult. Be glad you're not a full-grown horse -- their coiled-up intestines are 89 feet long! • Food drying up and hanging out in the large intestine can last 18 hours to 2 days! • In your lifetime, your digestive system may handle about 50 tons!! 1/26/2016 17 RiazAhmedMalik
  • 19. ON A SHEET OF PAPER, WRITE THE NAME OF EACH COLORED ORGAN:  Green:  Red:  Pink:  Brown:  Purple:  Green:  Yellow: 1/26/2016 19 RiazAhmedMalik
  • 20. HOW’D YOU DO?  Green: Esophagus  Red: Stomach  Pink: Small Intestine  Brown: Large Intestine  Purple: Liver  Green: Gall Bladder  Yellow: Pancreas 1/26/2016 20 RiazAhmedMalik

Editor's Notes

  1. A good way to describe peristalsis is an ocean wave moving through the muscle. These diagrams don’t separate the esophagus from the mouth functions, you might want to talk about what happens in the mouth too.
  2. The stomach takes around 4 hours to do it’s job on the food, depending on what kinds of food are digested.
  3. Depending on the maturity of the group, you can talk about the feces leaving via the anus. Mention the appendix at the bottom of the ascending colon and that it might have been used long ago but is not today Mention the portions of the large intestine, ascending, transverse, descending, sigmoid, and rectum (last one if the audience is mature enough)
  4. Livers can regenerate missing pieces if necessary. Is one of the largest organs in the body.
  5. Explain to students that removing the stones typically means removing the gallbladder, but that the body eventually adjusts to not having the bile stored.
  6. Explain the difference between the two types of diabetes. In type 1, the pancreas fails to produce enough insulin. In type 2, the body stops responding properly to the insulin it creates.