Digestive System

Overall Function

Digestion Is

Major Organs Accessory

Organs

Digestive Tract
Also known as

It forms a tube
Layers of GI tract
Mucosa

Submuscosa

Muscularis

Serosa

The Mouth
Lips
Cheeks
Hard & Soft Pallet
Tongue
Salivary Glands
Pairs Include:

Secrete

Buccal Glands In Mucosal Lining

The Teeth
3 Main Parts

Deciduous Teeth

Permanent

The Pharynx
Deglutition is the act of

The esophagus
1.

2. Sits posterior to the

3. Normally flat

4. Each end is guarded by

5. Esophogeal Hiatus is an opening

6. GERD

The Stomach
1. Located

2. Normally Holds
3. 3 Parts
*
*
*
4. 2 Sphincter

5. Gastric Mucosa

6. Cells in the Stomach Produce

7. Intrinsic Factor
The Stomach~ Overall Functions
1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

The Small Intestine

______________ meters in length

3 Parts
*

Small Projections Called

Microvilli

Digestive System Anatomy Notes Pt2

The Small Intestine
Secretion of
Small pockets
These cells

Large Intestine
1.5-
3 Parts
-Cecum

-Colon

-Rectum

Anus
Accessory Structures
Veriform appendix-

Peritoneum-

Mesentery-

Omentum-
The Liver
Weighs~
Made of ___ lobes
o Left
o Right
 Liver is made of

Blood enters the

The Liver:
o Destroys
o Vitamins and
o Toxins are
o Bile formed
Bile Ducts
o The right and left bile ducts
o The common hepatic
o Common bile duct

Functions of the Liver

Detoxifies substances
___________ Production
Metabolize
Store substances
Bile salts
Gall Bladder
Main function
Contain tiny folds of
Jaundice is caused by
Cholelithiasis is the

Pancreas
Fish shaped textured organ
Rests below the
 Exocrine portion

Endocrine islet cells

Digestive System Physiology Notes Pt1

Overall Steps
1.

2.
3.

4.

5.

Mechanical Digestion
Mastication

Deglutination

Peristalsis

Chemical Digestion
Enzymes work
They function with
They are continually
They have specific
-Examples Amalase
 Pepsin

Chemical Digestion
Digestive juices and Substance
Location Enzymes Digested
Mouth
Amylase
(Saliva)
Stomach Proteins
(Gastric
juice) Proteins

Trypsin (protease)
Pancreatic
Lipases
juice
Starch
Peptides, protein

In-testinal Sucrase
Enzymes Lactose
Maltase
Digestive secretions
Saliva is
Mucous is
Chief cells in stomach
Parietal cells secrete

Absorption

Stomach
-
-

Small Intestines
-
-
-
 -
-
-
Colon
Rectum

Elimination
Defecation is the

Defecation reflex

Constipation results of

Diarrhea is caused by

Disorders of the Digestive System

Gastroenteritis

Anorexia

Emesis

Nausea
 Diverticulosis

Ulcer

IBS

Cirrohsis