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The Digestive System

The document discusses the digestive system, including its organs and functions. It describes how the digestive system breaks down food and nutrients are absorbed. It also provides facts about the digestive system such as its length when spread out and how it can sense stress.

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The Digestive System

The document discusses the digestive system, including its organs and functions. It describes how the digestive system breaks down food and nutrients are absorbed. It also provides facts about the digestive system such as its length when spread out and how it can sense stress.

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THE DIGESTIVE

SYSTEM
By: Anna, Htet Htet Lin, Kaung Khant Win

Presentation Created By: Kaung Khant Win (With


some help of Anna)
WHAT IS THE DIGESTIVE
SYSTEM?
 he digestive system includes the mouth, pharynx (throat), esophagus, stomach,
small intestine, large intestine, rectum, and anus. It also includes the salivary
glands, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas, which make digestive juices and
enzymes that help the body digest food and liquids.
HOW DOES DIGESTIVE
SYSTEM WORK?
 The digestive system converts the foods we eat into their simplest forms, like
glucose (sugars), amino acids (that make up protein) or fatty acids (that make
up fats). The broken-down food is then absorbed into the bloodstream from the
small intestine and the nutrients are carried to each cell in the body.
THE
DIGESTIVE
SYSTEM
PICTURE
MAIN FUNCTIONS OF
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
 The main functions of the GI system include ingestion and
digestion of food, nutrient absorption, secretion of water and
enzymes, and excretion of waste products.
FACTS ABOUT DIGESTIVE
SYSTEM
 Many Different Organs Make Up our Digestive System
 We tend to think of the stomach when we think of digestion, but the digestive system
comprises a number of organs working together to carry out the digestive process. The
digestive organs include the mouth, salivary glands, throat, esophagus, stomach,
gallbladder, liver, pancreas, small intestine, large intestine, and rectum.

 It Has Its Own Nervous System


 Doctors say that the digestive system has its own “brain,” and this refers to the enteric
nervous system. This nervous system fires off commands such as producing hormones,
controlling muscle contraction, and can even sending a message to the brain to stop
eating.
MORE FACTS
 The Small Intestine Is Huge When Spread Out
 We naturally assume that the small intestine is small – smaller than the large intestine. Right?
Wrong. While it may be narrower than the large intestine, the small intestine actually measures
22 feet in length, and its surface area is a whopping 2,700 square feet due to the folds and
finger-like projections of tissue.

 It Can Feel When You’re Stressed


 Ever wonder why you experience an upset stomach during periods of great stress? Your bowel
(large intestine) may become irritable, or you may produce excessive stomach acids, and this
is because the digestive system can sense the stress you’re feeling.
WHAT IS THE MOST
IMPORTANT DIGESTION?
 The small intestine is the most important organ of the digestive system as it
serves both, for digestion and absorption. It receives two digestive juices; the
bile and the pancreatic juice in the duodenum. These two juices virtually
complete the digestion of starch, proteins, carbohydrates, etc.
WHAT SYSTEMS DOES THE
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM WORK
WITH?
 Bacteria in your GI tract, also called gut flora or microbiome, help with digestion. Parts of
your nervous and circulatory link systems also help. Working together, nerves, hormones,
bacteria, blood, and the organs of your digestive system digest the foods and liquids you eat or
drink each day.
ANIMAL DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
 The digestive tract includes the oral cavity and associated organs (lips,
teeth, tongue, and salivary glands), the esophagus, the forestomachs
(reticulum, rumen, omasum) of ruminants and the true stomach in all
species, the small intestine, the liver, the exocrine pancreas, the large
intestine, and the rectum and anus.
What are the 4 types of animal digestive systems?

There are 4 basic types of animal digestive systems:

Monogastric
Avian
Rumi-nant
Pseudo-ruminant
THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM OF
CHICKEN
From the gizzard, food passes into the small
intestine, where nutrients are absorbed. The
residue then passes through the ceca, a blind
sack along the lower intestinal tract, where
bacteria help break down undigested food.

(Similar to human)
EXTRA ANIMAL DIGESTIVE
SYSTEM PICTURE
THE END OF THIS
PRESENTATION.
Thanks for listening and paying attention if you are.

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