Digestion is the process of breaking down food into a form your body can use. The digestion process begins in the mouth. Chewing mechanically breaks down food into small pieces while saliva mixes with the food to create a soft, moist mass of food for swallowing called a bolus. Saliva contains enzymes that chemically breaks down carbohydrates. When the bolus is swallowed, it enters the esophagus. Peristalsis, synchronized waves of muscle movement throughout the digestive system, moves the bolus toward the stomach. When the bolus nears the end of the esophagus, pressure from the food signals the muscle at the end of the esophagus to open and the bolus enters the stomach. In the stomach, the bolus is churned by the powerful muscles of
The esophagus receives food from the mouth after swallowing and then delivers it to the stomach. The stomach holds food which it is being mixed with enzymes which continue the process of breaking down the food into a useable form. When the contents of the stomach are processed they are released into the small intestine. In the small intestine food is broken down by enzymes released from the pancreas and bile from the liver, the food is moved through and mixed with digestive secretions. The small intestine is made up of three segments the duodenum, jejunum and the ileum, the jejunum and the ileum are mainly responsible from the absorption of nutrients in to the bloodstream. These contents start out semi-solid and end in a liquid form after passing through the organ. Water, bile, enzymes and mucous change its consistency, one the nutrients have been absorbed it then moves onto the large intestine. The large intestine connects to the rectum and is specialised in processing water so that emptying the bowels is easy.
Swallowing is the movement of food from the mouth into the Esophagus. The esophagus secretes mucus and transports the food to the stomach via peristalsis.
Digestion starts in mouth and it is going through several steps. Teeth which are a Mechanical digestion start tearing and crushing the food down into small pieces so that the food will smoothly run down our throat. The salivary glands are located underneath the back of our tongues and that’s what is creating our saliva. The saliva is the Chemical Digestion is helping soften the food in the mouth so it is easy to swallow. Also saliva is the first out of several chemicals that is breaking the food into smaller bits. The tongue is the muscle that works with the food and saliva to form something similar to balls that can be swallowed. Also tongue contains taste buds so that we know if the food is salt, sweet, sour or bitter. Esophangus is a simple transportation tube that is joining the throat with stomach. When swallowing we are closing a trap door in our throats called the epiglottis. By closing this trap we are preventing the food prom going to trachea and into our lungs. Also Food moves down the esophangus using muscles not gravity. Stomach is the first stop after the Esophangus. When the food gets into stomach the stomach uses chemicals to try to make the food smaller. These chemicals are called gastric juices and they include hydrochloric acid and enzymes. (Enzymes are
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Digestion is the chemical breakdown of food molecules into smaller molecules that can be used by various cells within the body. The breakdown is initiated when food is ingested in the mouth and specific enzymes are exposed to components within the food molecules. Digestion begins in the mouth with mastication, or chewing, performed by the teeth. The purpose of chewing
Digestion is a complicated process that uses many different processes to digest food efficiently. It is necessary for not only us but for almost every organism. A major part in digestion is pH or how acidic or basic a substance is. pH helps digestion happen, the question is for the Stentor and the Rotifers at what pH ranges does their digestion occur? We will test that by using pH indicators, and observing the digestion happen under the microscope.
How did the carbohydrate, fats, and proteins differ in the digestion process, suitability and benefits of their intake and excretion?Nwachukwu ChristenciaCarrington CollegeDr Shepard04/07/2018.
Digestion is the process of food being broken down in your body in order to create energy that your body will use to function, enzymes break down the food molecules in our body.
Chewing is the first part of the digestive process. In the mouth, chemical digestion of food begins with amylase, an enzyme that breaks down the carbohydrate molecules/particles in a well-salivated mouth. Mechanical digestion of food begins in the mouth. The surface area of food upsurges as food is torn apart and made smaller while being
The digestive system includes the organs involved in breaking down food we eat. When food enters the mouth, chewing begins this is the first steps for digestion to take place. Swallowing allows food to enter the esophagus. It travels down to the stomach by peristalsis where acids in the stomach breaks it down to form a liquid. Absorption of nutrients begins when food enters the small intestine. The smal intestines takes in foods breaks it down in the body converts some of the nutrients, back for reabsorption into the bloodstream, then what is not broken down continues to pass to large intestine or colon in which water and salts are absorbed causing the waste products to become firmer turning into stool. This is the final stage. Once stool
Depending on your type of body and how you take the drug; either by injection or ingestion, it can affect you differently. In general, if you inject a drug like heroin, cocaine, and morphine it has a more immediate effect because injection takes the drug directly into the bodies bloodstream. An ingestion of a drug like marijuana and pills has more of a slower effect since it has to go through the digestive system. When these kinds of drugs are taken it can weaken your immune system, you can develop mental conditions, hallucinations, lose self-control, cause seizures,
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The primary function of the digestive system is to transfer nutrients, water, and electrolytes from the food consume into the body’s internal environment. The ingested food is essential as an energy source, or fuel, from which the cells can generate ATP to carry out their particular energy-dependent activities such as contraction, transport, synthesis, secretion and even renewal of body tissues. Three primary categories of food ingested by humans which are carbohydrates, proteins and fats emerge as large molecules. These large molecules cannot cross plasma membranes intact to be absorbed from the lumen of the digestive tract into the blood or lymph; hence, it must undergo degradation in size (Sherwood, 2013). This
Inside your mouth is what is known as your tongue and it has the job of pushing around your food while you chew, in order to help out with the process. Once you have completely dissolved the food and are prepared to swallow what is at this point known as bolus, your tongue pushes it to the back of your throat and into the opening of your esophagus.