Nigerian Hotdoggie

• The phases of digestion include ingestion, movement, mechanical and chemical digestion, absorption, and elimination.
• Mechanical digestion involves chewing, tearing, grinding, mashing, and mixing food.
• Chemical digestion involves enzymatic reactions to improve digestion of carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids.
• The gastrointestinal (GI) tract is a direct link/path between organs and includes structures such as the mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine.
• The mouth mechanically breaks down food into small pieces and mixes food with saliva, which contains amylase to help break down starch.
• The esophagus functions to secrete mucus and move food from the throat to the stomach using muscle movement called peristalsis.
• The stomach is a J-shaped muscular bag that stores the food and breaks it down into tiny pieces, mixes food with gastric juices that contain enzymes to break down proteins and lipids, and kills bacteria with hydrochloric acid.
• The small intestine is about 7 meters long, has a lining with finger-like projections called villi to increase surface area, and absorbs 80% ingested water, vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and secretes digestive enzymes.
• The large intestine is about 1.5 meters long, absorbs nutrients left behind by the small intestines, and functions in bacterial digestion and fermentation of carbohydrates, absorbs additional water, and concentrates wastes.
• The accessory organs of the digestive system include the liver, gall bladder, and pancreas.
• The liver filters out toxins and waste including drugs, alcohol and poisons, and produces bile which aids in the digestion of fat.
• The gall bladder stores bile from the liver, releases it into the small intestine, and fatty diets can cause the formation of gallstones.
• The pancreas produces digestive enzymes to digest fats, carbohydrates and proteins, and regulates blood sugar by producing insulin.
• •Green: Esophagus

  •Red: Stomach

  •Pink: Small Intestine

  •Brown: Large Intestine

  •Purple: Liver

  •Dark Green: Gall Bladder

  •Yellow: Pancreas

  
• If acid from the stomach gets in here that’s heartburn. 
• Food found in the stomach is called Chyme.
• The villi are covered in microvilli which further increases surface area for absorption.
• Rectum (short term storage which holds feces before it is expelled).
• The phases of digestion include ingestion, movement, mechanical and chemical digestion, absorption, and elimination.
• Mechanical digestion involves chewing, tearing, grinding, mashing, and mixing food.
• Chemical digestion involves enzymatic reactions to improve digestion of carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids.
• The gastrointestinal (GI) tract is a direct link/path between organs and includes structures such as the mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine.
• The mouth mechanically breaks down food into small pieces and mixes food with saliva, which contains amylase to help break down starch.
• The esophagus functions to secrete mucus and move food from the throat to the stomach using muscle movement called peristalsis.
• The stomach is a J-shaped muscular bag that stores the food and breaks it down into tiny pieces, mixes food with gastric juices that contain enzymes to break down proteins and lipids, and kills bacteria with hydrochloric acid.
• The small intestine is about 7 meters long, has a lining with finger-like projections called villi to increase surface area, and absorbs 80% ingested water, vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and secretes digestive enzymes.
• The large intestine is about 1.5 meters long, absorbs nutrients left behind by the small intestines, and functions in bacterial digestion and fermentation of carbohydrates, absorbs additional water, and concentrates wastes.
• The accessory organs of the digestive system include the liver, gall bladder, and pancreas.
• The liver filters out toxins and waste including drugs, alcohol and poisons, and produces bile which aids in the digestion of fat.
• The gall bladder stores bile from the liver, releases it into the small intestine, and fatty diets can cause the formation of gallstones.
• The pancreas produces digestive enzymes to digest fats, carbohydrates and proteins, and regulates blood sugar by producing insulin.