Think about things in terms of mechanical digestion(moving, chewing, churning, squirting) and chemical digestion(lubrication with mucous or molecular breakdown with acids &enzymes or chemical hormones in the blood). As you look at Table23.3 – identify the chemical and mechanical processes that areoccurring at each organ in the GI tract (some organs have bothtypes and some have only 1):
Functions of the Digestive Organs
Mouth (I’ll do this one as anexample):
chemical - protein and lipid digesting enzymes, andsaliva
mechanical: chews, mixes and moves food into thepharynx
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Pharynx:
Esophagus:
Stomach:
Small Intestine:
Liver/Gallbladder/Pancreas:Large intestine:
Think about things in terms of mechanical digestion (moving, chewing, churning, squirting) and chemical digestion (lubri
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