DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

REPORTED BY:ERA DENISE A. ALLEGO &

YLEAH KYLA D. SOLETA
WHAT IS A
DIGESTIVE
SYSTEM?
DO WE REALLY
NEED IT?
 WHAT IS A DIGESTIVE SYSTEM?
THE HUMAN DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
CONSISTS OF
THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT PLUS
THE ACCESSORY ORGANS OF
DIGESTION. DIGESTION INVOLVES
THE BREAKDOWN OF FOOD INTO
SMALLER AND SMALLER
COMPONENTS, UNTIL THEY CAN BE
ABSORBED AND ASSIMILATED INTO
THE BODY.
 DID YOU KNOW
THAT THERE ARE 6
DIFFERENT
PROCESSES WHEN
IT COMES TO
DIGESTION.>_<
WHAT PROCESSES
ARE THESE?
 INGESTION

IT REFERS TO THE ENTRY OF FOOD INTO

THE ALIMENTARY CANAL THROUGH THE
MOUTH.

THE TONGUE IS A MUSCLE THAT PUSHES

YOUR FOOD TOWARD TEETH TO BE
MECHANICALLY PROCESSED AND
SHAPES YOUR FOOD INTO SMALL ROUND
PIECES TO BE SWALLOWED.
PROPULSION

PROPULSION MEANS TO PUSH

FORWARD OR DRIVE AN OBJECT
FORWARD.THE TERM IS DERIVED
FROM TWO LATIN WORDS:PRO,
MEANING BEFORE: AND PELLRE,
MEANING TO DRIVE. A
PROPULSION SYSTEM CONSISTS
OF A SOURCE OF MECHANICAL,
AND A PROPULSOR.
MECHANICAL

MECHANICAL DIGESTION
INVOLVES PHYSICALLY
BREAKING THE FOOD INTO
SMALLER PIECES.
MECHANICAL DIGESTION
BEGINS IN THE MOUTH AS
THE FOOD CHEWED.
CHEMICAL DIGESTION

DIGESTION IS THE BREAKDOWN OF

LARGE INSOLUBLE FOOD MOLECULES
INTO SMALL WATER-SOLUBLE FOOD
SO THAT THEY CAN BE ABSORBED
INTO THE WATERY BLOOD PLASMA. IN
CERTAIN ORGANISMS, THESE
SMALLER SUBSTANCES ARE
ABSORBED THROUGH THE SMALL
INTESTINE INTO THE BLOOD STREAM
ABSORPTION IN DIGESTION

THE MECHANICAL AND DIGESTIVE

PROCESSES HAVE ONE GOAL:TO CONVERT
FOOD INTO MOLECULES SMALL ENOUGH TO
BE ABSORBED BY THE EPITHELIAL TISSUES
OF THE INTESTINAL VILLI…ALTHOUGH THE
ENTIRE SMALL INTESTINE IS INVOLVED IN
THE ABSORPTION OF WATER AND LIPIDS,
MOST ABSORPTION OF CARBOHYDRATES
AND PROTEINS OCCURS IN THE JEJENUM
 DEFECATION

DEFECATION IS THE FINAL ACT OF

DIGESTION, BY WHICH ORGANISMS
ELIMINATE SOLID, SEMISOLID, OR
LIQUID WASTE MATERIAL FROM THE
DIGESTIVE TRACT VIA THE ANUS.
HUMANS EXPEL FECES WITH A
FREQUENCY VARYING FROM A FEW
TIMES
CHILDREN LIKE US NEED ENERGY FOR
WORK AND PLAY.THIS ENERGY COMES
FROM THE FOOD YOU EAT.THROUGH
DIGESTION,THE SOLID FOOD WE PUT
INSIDE OUR MOUTH IS BROKEN INTO
SMALLER PIECES.OUR TEETH GRIND
AND PASS THEM TO STOMACH. THE
ABSORBED BY THE WALLS OF THE
INTESTINES INTO DIFFERENT CELLS
OF THE BODY. THROUGH DIGESTION,
THE BODY GETS SUFFICIENT ENERGY
AND STRENGTH.
 WHAT IS DIGESTION?
 DIGESTION IS A PROCESS BY WHICH FOOD
IS BROKEN INTO SMALLER PIECES, AND
CHANGED INTO A SOLUBLE MATERIAL TO
BE ABSORBED BY THE BLOOD.

 DIGESTION STARTS FROM THE MOUTH TO

THE SMALL INTESTINE.

 CHEW YOUR FOOD WELL TO HELP IN ITS

DIGESTION.
 THE FOOD UNDERGOES SOME CHANGES AS
IT PASSES THROUGH THE DIFFERENT
ORGANS OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM.

 SOME GLANDS HELP IN DIGESTION.THEY

ARE SALIVARY GLANDS, LIVER AND
PANCREAS.

 DIFFERENT BODY CELLS USE THE DIGESTED

FOODS OR ENERGY AND STRENGTH.
DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE
SYSTEM

ONCE IN A WHILE,WE SUFFER SOME

PAIN OR TROUBLE IN SOME PARTS
OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM. MOST
DISEASES MAY BE DUE TO POOR
EATING HABITS.
 DIARRHEA

THIS IS COMMONLY CALLED LOOSE

BOWEL MOVEMENT. THE FECES
ARE SOFT AND WATERY. DRINKING
DIRTY WATER AND EATING
SPOILED FOOD CAUSES
DIARRHEA.CONTINUOUS
DIARRHEA MAY RESULT INTO
DEHYDRATION.
CONSTIPATION

THE FECES BECOMES

HARD AND DRY MAKING
IT DIFFICULT TO PUSH
OUT OF THE
ANUS.CONSTIPATION IS
THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF
DIARRHEA.
STOMACHACHE
EVERY NOW AND THEN, WE
FEEL THIS DIGESTIVE
AILMENT. THERE IS PAIN OR
MUSCLE CRAMPS IN THE
ABDOMEN WHERE THE
INTESTINES ARE.
STOMACHACHE MAY BE
CAUSED BY EATING SPOILED
ULCER

THIS AILMENT MAY BE DUE TO

TOO MUCH SECRETION OF ACIDIC
JUICES.DISCOMFORT THIS FELT IN
THE STOMACH OR INTESTINES.
ULCER IS AN OPEN SORE IN
THESE AREAS CHARACTERIZED
BY DECAYING TISSUES.
 PROCEDURE
 EATING A PROPERLY BALANCED DIET IS A
MUST.A MEAL WITH FIBROUS FRUITS AND
VEGETABLES WILL BE GOOD FOR THE
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM.
 ALWAYS EAT YOUR MEALS ON TIME.
 CHEWING YOUR FOOD WELL HELPS THE
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM TO WORK SMOOTHLY.
 WHEN EATING YOUR MEALS, TALK ABOUT
SOMETHING PLEASANT.YOUR FEELINGS
AFFECT THE DIGESTION OF FOOD.
 DRINK ONLY CLEAN, SAFE WATER. AVOID
EATING JUNK AND SPOILED FOOD.

 CONSULT A DOCTOR WHEN YOU FEEL AN

UNUSUAL PAIN OR DISCOMFORT IN YOUR
ABDOMEN. AVOID TAKING MEDICINES
WITHOUT DOCTOR’S PESCRIPTION
 FOR US TO REMEMBER

o DIFFERENT BODY CELLS USE THE

DIGESTED FOODS FOR ENERGY AND
STRENGTH.
o DIGESTION STARTS FROM THE MOUTH TO
THE SMALL INTESTINES.
o THE FOOD UNDERGOES SOME CHANGES
AS IT PASSES THROUGH THE DIFFERENT
ORGANS OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM.
o SOME GLANDS HELP IN DIGESTION.
THESE ARE THE LIVER