Each of the units we pass have very important functions to the Digestive System. At the Pharynx Gates the food is recieved from the mouth and transferred to the Esophagus Freeway. While passing through here, the teeth break down food into smaller pieces and do the first key step of mechanical digestion. Around this area we can also find the Lake Salivary Gland which produces saliva helping keep the Digestive System moist and helping break down carbohydrates. The Esophagus is a transportation tube that goes down from the mouth to the stomach and is 25 cm long. It transports saliva, liquid and food to the stomach from the mouth. The Gallbladder Storage stores bile, which is yellow-brown digestive liquid produced by the liver and helps to break down food. The Liver Filter produces bile, which helps carry away waste and break down fats in the small intestine during digestion and to dextofiy harmful things. Downtown Stomach secretes acid and enzymes that digest food which helpenhance the digeston. The Small Intestine is the part where 90% of the digestion and food absorption occurs and it absorbs minerals and foods. Intestines are important as their functions are to digest food and to allow the nutrients released to enter into the bloodstream and be used by the body while the pancreas produces important enzymes and hormones that help break food down. The pancreas also has another function because it releases juices directly into the bloodstream. The spleen is a filter for blood as part of the immune system. Old red blood cells are recycled in the spleen and white blood cells are stored there. The spleen also helps fight certain kinds of bacteria. And last but not least we pass by the Anus which is where excess and remaining stool levaes the body.
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The function of amylase is to break down carbohydrates. It helps break down materials to their sugars in mechanical digestion. The function of protease is to break proteins into amino acids. The function of lipase is to break down dietary fats into fatty acids. All 3 of these thus help with digestion.
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Chemical digestion occurs in all 3 of these places as they all contain enzymes that help break down food. Once the carbohydrates have been broken down by the amylase, the protein by protease and the fat by lipase it leaves the stomach as a fluid called chyme. The chyme then moves to the small intestine where bile changes it into a chyme that can be fully digested. The small intestine absorbs nutrients from the chyme and introduces them to the blood stream converting them to “fuel” for the human body.
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The liver helps process the nutrients absorbed from the small intestine. The liver produces the substance of bile which helps break down fat and digest it. In addition, the liver is the body’s chemical "factory." It takes the raw materials absorbed by the intestine and makes all the various chemicals the body needs to function. The liver also cleans up potentially harmful chemicals.
The pancreas contains digestive enzymes which is the first segment of the small intestine. These enzymes break down protein, fats, and carbohydrates. The pancreas also makes insulin, sending it directly into the bloodstream helping balance out metabolism. They are both important as they help break down nutrients into usable material. and thus making digestion easier.