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Digestive System

The document discusses the digestive system, including its organs and their functions. The digestive system breaks down food and extracts nutrients for energy and cell repair. It includes the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small and large intestines, liver, pancreas, and other organs. Each organ plays an important role in digestion through processes like breaking down food, secreting enzymes and bile, absorbing nutrients, and eliminating waste from the body. The digestive system works closely with other organ systems like circulatory, muscular, and respiratory systems to carry out its functions.

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Digestive System

The document discusses the digestive system, including its organs and their functions. The digestive system breaks down food and extracts nutrients for energy and cell repair. It includes the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small and large intestines, liver, pancreas, and other organs. Each organ plays an important role in digestion through processes like breaking down food, secreting enzymes and bile, absorbing nutrients, and eliminating waste from the body. The digestive system works closely with other organ systems like circulatory, muscular, and respiratory systems to carry out its functions.

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DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
GROUP 3
TABLE OF CONTENTS: 2

I. DEFINITION
II. ORGANS INVOLVED
III.FUNCTIONS OF ORGANS
IV.RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER
ORGAN SYSTEM
V. REFERENCES
WHAT IS DIGESTIVE SYSTEM? 3

The digestive system is made up of the


digestive tract and other organs that is
uniquely designed to turn the food you eat
into nutrients, which the body uses for
energy, growth and cell repair. It is a long,
twisting tube that starts at the mouth and
goes through the esophagus, stomach,
small intestine, large intestine and anus.
THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
ORGANS INVOLVED:
• MOUTH
• SALIVARY GLANDS
• ESOPHAGUS
• LIVER
• STOMACH
• GALLBLADDER
• PANCREAS
• LARGE INTESTINE
• SMALL INTESTINE
• APPENDIX
• RECTUM 4
• ANIUS
FUNCTIONS OF THE ORGANS 5

MOUTH AND SALIVA GLAND


-The mouth is the only entrance of the food, the
teeth in the mouth is used to break down the
foods into smaller pieces, the food is then
mixed with saliva and the enzyme amylase
(found in saliva) breaks down starch into
sugars. The tongue also helps in mixing the
food with saliva. The saliva glands is used to
chewing the food and swallowing it.
FUNCTIONS OF THE ORGANS 6

ESOPHAGUS
 The esophagus is a muscular tube that carries food
and liquids from your mouth to stomach. The
esophagus prevents the passive diffusion of
substances from the food into the blood to prevent
the reflux of gastric contents to the esophagus.

DID YOU KNOW?


THE ESOPHAGUS IS ABOUT 8 INCHES ( 20 CENTIMETERS LONG. IT
TAKE ALMOST 7 SECONDS FOR THE FOOD TO REACH FROM THE
THROAT TO THE STOMACH.
FUNCTIONS OF THE ORGANS 7

LIVER
 The liver has many functions, but its main job within
the digestive system is to process the nutrients
absorbed from the small intestine. It purifies the blood
containing newly absorbed nutrients and the bile is
secreted by the liver plays an important role in
digesting fat and some vitamins.
DID YOU KNOW?
AS LONG AS YOU HAVE A QUARTER OF YOUR LIVER LEFT, THE
ORGAN CAN FULLY REGENERATE TO ORIGINAL SIZE AND REGAIN
FULL FUNCTION
FUNCTIONS OF THE ORGANS 8

STOMACH
 The stomach is a hollow organ, or a
“container” that holds food while it is being
mixed with stomach enzymes. These
enzymes continue the process of breaking the
food down into a usable form. The stomach
has a strong muscular walls.
FUNCTIONS OF THE ORGANS 9

GALLBLADDER
 The gallbladder stores and
concentrates bile from the liver, and
then releases it into the duodenum in
the small intestine to help absorb and
digest fats.
FUNCTIONS OF THE ORGANS 10

PANCREAS
 The pancreas secretes digestive enzymes
into the duodenum that breaks down
protein, fats and carbohydrates. The
pancreas also makes insulin, passing it
directly to the bloodstream.
FUNCTIONS OF THE ORGANS 11

SMALL INTESTINE
 The small intestine is made up of 3 segments duodenum,
jejunum, and ileum. The small intestine is a 22 foot- long
muscular tube that breaks down food using enzymes
released by the pancreas and bile from the liver. Peristalsis
also works in this organ, moving food through and mixing
digestive juices.
DID YOU KNOW?
THE SMALL INTESTINE IS ALSO SUPER THIN, JUST ONE AND ½ TO
TWO INCHES AROUND, ALMOST THE DIAMETER OF A GOLF BALL,
YET ITS SURFACE IS MASSIVE.
FUNCTIONS OF THE ORGANS 12

LARGE INTESTINE
The large intestine also called as colon. The large intestine
absorbs water and changes the waste from liquid to stool.
The colon is responsible for processing waste so that
emptying your bowels is easy and convenient. It’s a 6 foot
long muscular tube that connects the small intestine to the
rectum.
DID YOU KNOW?
THE LARGE INTESTINE OR YOUR COLON IS NEVER EMPTY. 100
TRILLION MICROBES LIVE IN YOUR COLON.
FUNCTIONS OF THE ORGANS 13

APPENDIX
The appendix acts as a storehouse for
good bacteria, “rebooting” the
digestive system after diarrheal
illnesses
DID YOU KNOW?
OTHER EXPERTS BELIEVE THAT THE APPENDIX IS JUST A USELESS
REMNANT FROM OUR EVOLUTIONARY PAST.
FUNCTIONS OF THE ORGANS 14

RECTUM
The rectum is a straight, 8-inch chamber that
connects the colon to the anus. The rectum
receives stool from the colon, sends signals to
the brain if there is stool to be evacuated, and
holds stool until evacuation can happen.
FUNCTIONS OF THE ORGANS 15

ANUS
The anus consists of pelvic floor muscles and
two anal sphincters (internal and external).
Together their jobs are to detect rectal contents,
whether they are liquid, gas or solid, and then
control when stool should and shouldn't be
excreted from your body.
RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER ORGAN 16

SYSTEM
 MOUTH CAN ALSO BE A PASSAGE FOR AIR.
 EPIGLOTTISIS USED TO BLOCK FOOD FROM
ENTERING IN THE AIR PASSAGE, SAME WITH AIR
IN THE PASSAGE OF FOOD.
 MUSCULAR
SYSTEM IS USED FOR THE
MOVEMENT OF FOOD SO IT WILL BE DIGESTED.
 CIRCULATORY SYSTEM IS USED WHEN YOUR
BLOOD CIRCULATES THROUGH YOUR DIGESTIVE
SYSTEM. WHEN IT PICKS UP THE NUTRIENTS
ABSORBED IN YOUR LAST MEAL.
REFERENCE LINKS 17

https://reverehealth.com/live-better/how-body-systems-connected/
https://www.verywellhealth.com/facts-about-your-colon-1944707
https://www.uofmhealth.org/conditions-treatments/digestive-and-liver-health/your-di
gestive-system#:~:
text=Anus%3A%20The%20last%20part%20of,be%20excreted%20from%20your%2
0body
https://
www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/digestive-diseases/digestive-system-how-it-w
orks
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/7041-digestive-system

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