Week 9
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Digestive System
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Time: 6.42
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- Foregut
- Mouth
- Esophagus
- Stomach
- Small intestine
- Hindgut
- Large intestine
- Cecum
- Large colon
- Small colon
- Rectum
Foregut
- Mouth
- Mastication (chewing)
- Salivation
- Esophagus
- Stomach
- Hydrochloric acid (HCl)
begin protein breakdown
- Gastric juices
begin fat breakdown
- Small intestine
major nutrient absorption site
- Soluble carbohydrates (CHOs)
simple sugars (energy)
- Proteins
amino acids
- Fats fatty acids
- Fat soluble vitamins (A, D, E, K)
- Ca, Zn and Mg
- Some P absorption
- Some B vitamin absorption
Hindgut
- Large intestine (cecum and colon)
- Cellulose (insoluble CHOs) volatile
fatty acids (energy)
- B vitamin production
- Water absorption
- Rectum
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