Biology 10 Organismic Biology: Digestive System Outline FROM FOOD TO FECES

The Real Drama ofSnackmates in the Pinoy Big Digestion

I.

Welcome to the Pinoy Big Digestion!

A. The cameras are rolling, as a hungry pinoy devours the Snackmates who will dare to survive in Digestion:

Ms. Patricia Pechay Sexy, slender and green; a contender

from Baguio City!

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Mr. Macho Sinigang Meat Batak, Strong, and Thick; a
contender from Monterey meat shop!

Rice staple Food from the rice fields of Isabela

B. The Mouth: an Obstacle relay for the Snackmates!

Amazing Razor-sharp Teeth Crushes the Snackmates! Vegetable couldnt take it anymore. She was
flattened and destroyed! Chicken Meat seems to take a longer time in crushing this guy Rice Saliva made it disintegrate!

Three accomplices covered the Snackmates with saliva! The Pretty Ms. Parotid The Suave Mr. Submaxillary Gland The Happy Mr. Sublingual Gland The Tantalizing Tongue: Get ready to become Bolus!
C. Pharynx and Esophagus: Digestions Escalators

The Snackmates are transported to the next challenge

within 8 seconds! D. The Stomach: The J-shaped Room of Chemical Obstacles

Cardiac Sphincter the bodyguard of the Stomach The bolused Snackmates feel that the walls of the room
are squeezing them.

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The Snackmates are to be further disintegrated with Mr.
Gastric Juice!

Mr Gastric Juice aka the Gastric Jock will turn them to

chyme!

Meat finally disintegrated into bits (peptides) Pyloric Sphincter the bodyguard between the Stomach
and the small intestine E. Jejunum the Funky Bridge to the Small Intestine F. The Small Intestine the Sucking Component of Digestion. It sucks all the Nutrients out of all the contenders. Dandy Doudenum The Digestive part of the small intestine Despite their present condition, the Snackmates were crushed further by the forces of Dandy Duodenum. Inspiring Ileum The Absorbing part of the small intestine Inspiring Ileum absorbs the nutrients out of the Snackmates to provide for the host. G. The Large Intestine The compactor of foodstuffs

The decomposed Snackmates are compacted together. Water from the contenders was absorbed to do this. The Snackmates are ready to be launched to the outside
world as feces! H. Anus and Rectum the launching pads of Digestion The Snackmates are launched to the outside world through muscle action. The internal and external bodyguards (sphincters) that guard the exit relax. I. Other major players in the Pinoy Big Digestion The Liver and the Pancreas The Ultimate Chemical Factories of Digestion The Liver produces Bile, the chemical for breaking down fats The Pancreas produces chemicals for the breakdown of carbs, fats, and meat (carbohydrates, lipids and proteins) The Gall Bladder The Bile Storehouse The End

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