WHERE DOES

OUR FOOD GO
WHEN WE EAT?
 OBJECTIVES and COMPETENCIES
• Identify, label and describe the
basic parts and functions of the
human digestive tract;
• Demonstrate the role of saliva in
tasting food and sensing food
texture; and
• Promote proper nutrition and
overall wellness.
Can you identify
the possible flow
of food?
DIGESTION GRAPHIC ORGANIZER
What is digestion?
This is the
breakdown of large
insoluble food molecules
into small water-soluble
food molecules so that
they can be absorbed by
the body.
The Digestive System
It is also known as
alimentary canal or
gastrointestinal tract, a
very long tube measuring
approximately 30 feet or 9
meters.
The Digestive System
Structures:
1. Mouth
2. Pharynx
3. Esophagus
4. Stomach
5. Small Intestine
6. Large Intestine
7. Rectum and Anus
MOUTH
1. This is where the
process of digestion
begins —INGESTION &
MASTICATION.

2. Ingestion is the process

of taking in food, drink,
or another substance
through the mouth.
MOUTH
This is where mechanical
breakdown of food occurs
(Mastication)

A. Mastication is the
chewing or grinding of
food into smaller pieces.
OBSERVE AND THINK!

As we take a bite
of food and are aware of
how our teeth tear and
grind food to pieces, what
is the tongue doing?
TEETH
1. Incisors and Canines
– used to bite and
tear down food

2. Molars – helps in
grinding food
Types of Salivary Glands
1. Parotid
2. Submandibular
3. Sublingual

- secrete saliva that helps soften

food. Saliva contains salivary
amylase which helps in the
digestion & conversion of
carbohydrates into maltose.
What is the importance of saliva in food tasting?
Saliva is
essential to taste foods. It
contains an enzyme
(amylase) that acts on
sugars and carbohydrates.
When the tongue is dry, the
food samples do not have
any taste because the
chemicals are not dissolved.
MOUTH
Bolus is the end
product of the food that
has been chewed, partially
digested, and lubricated by
the saliva.
PHARYNX
This is also known as
the throat, a thinly-
lined, hollow, muscular
tube found behind the
mouth and before the
esophagus.
ESOPHAGUS
It acts as conveyor of food from
pharynx to the stomach.

Peristalsis— the tiny, rhythmic,

wavelike contractions of the
tubular structures of the
digestive tract, which moves
food to the different sections of
the digestive system
STOMACH
This is the enlarged saclike
portion of the digestive
tract, composed of strong
layers of muscles and the
main organ of digestion,
where most chemical
digestion happen.
GASTRIC JUICES
Pepsinogen – responsible for the
breaking down of proteins into
smaller unit called peptides
Rennin – converts liquid milk into
solid particles
Hydrochloric Acid – activator of
pepsinogen and essential in
destroying microorganisms left in
the food
Mucin – protects the stomach lining
from the action of its own acid
GASTRIC JUICES
Under normal condition, food
stays in the stomach for about 3
to 6 hours. The food that has
been thoroughly digested
mechanically and chemically is
now in a semiliquid mass called
chyme.
SMALL INTESTINE
Three section:
(a) Duodenum
(b) Jejunum
(c) Ileum
It measures as long as 20-30
feet and contains villi that is
responsible for the absorption of
nutrients.
SMALL INTESTINE
Intestinal villi are tiny hair-
like projections that
protrude from the lining of
the intestinal wall and help
the small intestine absorb
nutrients from food.
LARGE INTESTINE
This is also known as
colon, functions as the site
for water reabsorption from
the undigested food,
measures for about 1.5
meters.
LARGE INTESTINE
Rectum – serves as the
storage for feces
Anus – expels feces out of
the body
Excretion of wastes product
happens here.
ACCESSORY ORGANS
Pancreas - gland organ located in the
abdomen. It is part of the digestive system
and produces insulin and other important
enzymes and hormones that help break
down foods.
Liver - largest gland in the body and it is
continuously producing bile
Gallbladder - a green, pear-shaped sac
about 10 cm or 4 in. long that stores and
concentrates excess bile secreted by the liver
OUR TO-GO ORDER:
Food can nourish our physical body but not our
spiritual soul; so, it is important that we also
partake in the Eucharist to nurture our soul.

John 6:35 – “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes

to me will never go hungry and whoever believes in
me will never be thirsty,”