In chapter 3.

3 we will learn about the process of food

digestion.

Food digestion is the process of breaking down food which is

complex and large into molecules that are small and soluble
so that they can be absorbed by the cells of the body.

Digestion can be divided into two which is physical digestion

and chemical digestion.
 • The process of breaking
down food into smaller
particles in the mouth with
help of teeth , tongue and
saliva
• Involves peristalsis

• The process of breaking

down food from complex
molecules into simple
Chemical molecules with the help of
enzymes
 Happens in the
Happens Break mouth,stomach,
in the down of duodenum and
mouth food occur intestine

Physical Chemical
Digestion Digestion

Happen in
Does not
the Involves
involves
digestive enzymes
enzymes
tract
 Mouth Large intestine

Salivary glands
Mouth

Oesophagus Rectum
Oesophagus

Liver Stomach
Anus
Gall Stomach
bladder
Pancreas

Large Duodenum
intestine Rectum

Anus Small intestine

What happens when food
passes through each organ
in the digestive tract ?

1. MOUTH
 Food is chewed by the teeth
 Particles of food are softened by
saliva.
 Salivary amylase in saliva breaks
down starch into maltose.
2. OESOPHAGUS
 Food that enters the oesophagus is
called bolus.
 The process of peristalsis at the wall
of the oesophagus pushes the food
into the stomach.

3. STOMACH
 Walls of the stomach secrete protease and
hydrochloric acid . Hydrochloric acid
activates the protease and kills bacteria in
the food that enters the stomach.
 Protease breaks down protein into
polypeptides.
 Food that is semi-liquid is called chime.
4. Duodenum
 Food enters the first part of the small intestine, that is,
the duodenum.
 The liver produces bile that is stored in the gall bladder.
 The bile emulsifies fat into small droplets and neutralizes
that acid in the chime.
 The pancreas produces pancreatic juices which contain
enzymes amylase, protease and lipase.
 Pancreatic amylase digests starch into maltose.
 Protease digests polypeptides into dipeptides.
 Lipase digests fat into fatty acids and glycerol.

5. Small intestine
 The small intestine secretes enzymes
maltase and protease.
 Maltase digests maltose into glucose.
 Protease digests dipeptides into amino
acids.
 6. Large intestine
 Undigested food will enter the
large intestine.
 The proses of water
reabsorption happens in the
large intestine.

7. Rectum
 Food that is undigested,
known as faeces, enters the
rectum and is stored here.

8. Anus
 Faeces are excreted from the
body through the anus
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