SUMMARY OF DIGESTION IN MAN

REGION OF GUT Gland and secretion Enzymes and optimum pH Food digested Products
and other activity

MOUTH Salivary gland Amylasa> Starch > >Maltosa

Mastication by jaws -saliva, pH 5-7 -Mucin lubricates food bolus
and tongue 1-2 litres daily
none none none -Food bolus move by
OESOPHAGUS peristalsis
Produce chyme that
STOMACH Gastric gland, contain:
Churning action.
Temporary storage,
-stomach wall- Pepsin> Proteins> ->large peptides
1-3 h gastric juice, Hydrochloric acid> >Provide necessary acid
3-4 l daily pH 1, strongly acid pH for enzyme action and
>Bactericidal function
Absorption: water, salts,
vitamins and ethanol

Liver
-bile juice (bile salts)> none Lipids> Emulsified lipids
700cm3 -1,2 l daily Alters pH of stomach
contents
DUODENUM Produce CHYME containing
GLAND SECRETIONS Pancreas Sodium bicarbonate> Neutralize pH >pH 7-8 slighty alkaline
-pancreatic juice> Amylase p Starch> >maltose
700 cm3 daily Lipasa p Emulsified lipids> >fatty acids and glycerine
Trypsinogen p>(Trypsina) Large peptides> >small peptides

Produce cHYLE containing

Enterokinase>Trypsinogen> Changes intoTrypsin
Maltase i> Maltose> >Glucose
Glands in intestine Sucrase i> Sucrose> >Glucose and fructose
and duodenum wall. Lactase i> Lactose> >Glucosa and galactose
SMALL INTESTINE -intestinal juice, Lipasa i> Emulsified lipids> >fatty acids and glycerine
AND 200cm3 daily Erepsin i> Small peptides> >amino acids
DUODENUM Absorption: large surface
area, villi and microvilli,
main region for absorption
of vitamins, minerals,
aminoacids, glucose, fatty
acids and glycerine

Mucus lubricates faeces

Lining with pH 6-8 Water absorbed
LARGE INTESTINE
mucous glands no enzymes Bacteria synthesized
vitamin K and B groups
Produce faeces (*)

(*)Remember faeces mainly contain:

water (75%); bacteria (8%) ; lipids (6%); dietary fibre cellulose (2%), other substances (9%)