Digestion

You are what you eat.

You are what you digest and absorb.

Q: Where does your food start getting
digested ?

A: In the mouth.
Salivary glands produce saliva, which has
2 jobs:

1. Lubricating the food

2. Releasing digestive enzymes

The Stomach
 The Stomach

• Stomach wall produces 2 litres of digestive juices a

day

• Further digests food, especially protein

• Kills off bacteria and other undesirable micro-

organisms.
 Chyme

Semi-liquid goo of partly digested food and enzymes

Stays in the stomach for 2-5 hours
 The Small Intestine
It is here that absorption of nutrients takes place - so important !!!
 The Small Intestine

Duodenum Jejunum Ileum

Here, digestive juices It is here that most Connection to the

from the liver and nutrients are absorbed large intestine. Here,
pancreas pour in, to into the body. more digestion takes
help digestion. place and some
nutrients are absorbed.
 The Large Intestine
It prepares the waste for elimination, meaning पौट्टी.
 The Large Intestine
• Also called the colon

• Passes the waste (un digested fibre, undigested food,

bacteria, dead cells) along

• Reabsorbs water, about a litre a days, from the

waste
Digestion Actually Taking Place