secretions
H2O
HCl
enzymes
organic waste
absorption
H2O electrolytes simple sugars amino acids fatty acids vitamins minerale
Mouth, pharynx, salivary glands and secretion
exocrine secretion
salt and water: moisten food
mucus: lubrication
amylase: polysaccharide digesting enzyme
esophagus and secretion
mucus: lubrication
stomach and secretions
HCl
pepsins
mucus
HCl
solubilization of food particles
kill microbes
activation of pepsinogens to pepsins
pepsins
protein digesting enzymes
Pancreas and secretion
- Bicarbonate: neutralize HCl entering SI
liver and secretion
bile salts: solubilize water-insoluble fats
bicarbonate: neutralize HCl
organic waste products: elimination in feces
small intestine and secretion
enzymes: food digestion
Salt and water: maintain fluidity of luminal contents
Mucus
Large intestine and secretion
mucus
Carbohydrate digestion
Salivary amylase in oral cavity
- polysaccharides and disaccharides -> smaller polysaccharides
Pancreatic amylases: lumen of small intestine
- polysaccharides -> maltose and disaccharides
Epithelium of SI:
-> disaccharides to monosaccharides
protein digestion
pepsin: in stomach
- proteins -> small polypeptieds
Pancreatic trypsin and chemotrypsin: lumen of SI
- smaller polypeptides
Pancreatic carboxypeptidase: lumen SI
- polypeptides -> amino acids
Dipeptidases, carboxypeptidase, aminopeptidase: epithelium of SI
- small peptides -> amino acids
nucleic acid digestion
Pancreatic nucleases: lumen of SI - DNA, RNA -> nucleotides Nucleotidases: epithelium of SI - nucleotides -> necleosides Nucleosidases and phosphatases: epithelium of SI - Bases, sugars, phosphates.
Fat digestion
bile salts: lumen of SI
- fat globules -> fat droplets
Pancreatic lipase: lumen of SI
- fat droplets -> glycerol, fatty acids, glycerides.
absorption in stomach
water
simple sugars
alcohol
duodenum absorption
Ca
Phosphorus
Mg
Vitamins: A, D, E, K
distal ileum absorption
bile salts and acids
Large intestine absorption
H2O some: Na K Cl Vit. K Biotin
Small intestine absorption
final steps of digestion glucose fructose fatty acids glycerol amino acids Vitamins ions
Villus
fingerlike projections/folds of SI
inc. surface area -> inc. absorption
each contains capillary network, minuscule artery and vein