The Digestive System in ASL and English with Paul Buttenhoff and Cara Barnett Produced by Todd Tourville

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The Digestive System - Warm-up ASL Notes

This lecture covers information related to the digestive system at an 8th grade level. Notes are below the video. | Back to Warm-up Lectures

Cara Barnett in ASL

ASL Notes

INTRO:
TODAY TALK ABOUT WHAT? STOMACH. DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ITSELF ONE OF 11 MAJOR ORGAN SYSTEM IN BODY.
HAVE SPECIAL FUNCTIONS ON ITS OWN BUT WORK WITH OTHER ORGANS IN BODY.

NOW, DIGESTIVE HAVE 4 PARTS.

FIRST- DIGESTIVE ALLOW YOU FOOD DRINK IN YOUR BODY.

SECOND- DIGESTIVE ALLOW FOOD DIVIDE SMALL USEFUL PARTICLES CAN USE IN YOUR BODY

THIRD- STOMACH ABSORB. ABSORB WHAT? SMALL NUTRIENTS FROM DIGESTIVE SYSTEM TO BLOOD. BLOOD BRING TO TISSUES IN BODY.

LAST BUT IMPORTANT- NOT EVERYTHING YOU EAT CAN DIGEST OR ABSORB. DIGESTIVE CAN ALLOW GET RID OF SOILD WASTE.

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DIVIDED IN TWO GROUP

1- CALLED DIGESTIVE TRACT OTHER NAME CAN GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT OR ALIMENTARY CANAL. IMPORTANT - TUBE 30 FEET BIG START MOUTH TO ANUS.

ALIMENTARY CANAL HAVE ORAL CAVITY, THROAT, ESOPHAGUS, STOMACH, SMALL INTESTINES AND LARGE INTESTINES. SOME HAVE ADD HELP TO TUBE LIKE TEETH, SALIVARY GLANDS, LIVER, PANCREAS AND GALLBLADDER.

NOW- FOLLOW FOOD GO WHERE? START MOUTH GO DIGESTIVE SYSTEM. FOOD - DRINK GO MOUTH TEETH HELP BREAKDOWN FOOD. SMALL. SMALL IN MOUTH HAVE CHEMICAL - SUGAR USING SALIVA. CHEWING HELP MAKE SMALL ROUND BALL OF FOOD CALLED BOLUS GO THROUGH ESOPHAGUS INTO STOMACH.

STOMACH FIRST ORGAN IN ALIMENTARY CANAL. WORK WHAT? MIX FOOD WITH GASTRIC JUICE. GASTRIC JUICE MADE-UP DIFFERENT CHEMICALS HELP BREAKDOWN PROTEINS. FOOD HAVE HIGH PROTEIN WILL STAYYOUR STOMACH MORE USE GASTRIC JUICE FOR LONG TIME. OTHER HAVE LESS PROTEIN GO SMALL INTESTINES EASY.

FOOD - DRINK STAY STOMACH FINISH GO LARGE PART OF DIGESTIVE SYSTEM - THAT SMALL INTESTINES. CHEMICAL THERE. BREAK MACRO MOLECUES, FATS, SUGARS, PROTEINS BECOME MORE THIN-FINE CAN USE IN BODY. FOOD STAY IN DIGESTIVE TO PROCESS. ONCE BECOME SMALL CAN ABSORB. ABSORB IMPORTANT - IF NO ABSORB - FOOD WILL GO THROUGH BODY AND OUT. ABSORB DO-DO? MOVE FATS, SUGARS, PROTEINS, MINERALS, WATER AND OTHER THINGS FROM ALIMENTARY CANAL THROUGH TISSUE LAYERS TO BLOODSTREAM THEN GIVE-TO BODY.

LARGE INTESTINE GET FROM SMALL INTESTINE. LEAVE MAYBE 5 TO 6 FEET THEN OUT BODY. ALL WHAT YOU GET IN BODY NOT ALLABSORB. LEAVE WHAT CALLED WASTE PRODUCT, FECES, MUST OUT OF BODY. LARGE INTESTINES, WORK WALLS OF LARGE INTESTINES DO-DO? ABSORB WATER AGAIN FROM FOOD.

LARGE INTESTINE HAVE BACTERIA CAN WORK MAKE VITAMIN K, ALSO MORE BREAKDOWN AMINO ACIDS AND CARBOHYDRATES.

LAST BUT IMPORTANT - TWO RINGS LAST DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CALLED RECTUM AND ANUS. LEFT OVER GO THROUGH RECTUM
- GO THROUGH 2 RINGS SMOOTH AND SKELETAL MUSCLE THROUGH ANUS, OUT OF BODY.

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