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Digestion Pathway
when you eat a cookie , what happens?
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
10/28/2012

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start: eat a cookie
Definition
teeth break down (mechanical digestion)
Term
teeth break down (mechanical digestion)

what happens after?
Definition
salivary amylase (beginning of chemical digestion)
Term
salivary amylase (beginning of chemical digestion)

what happens after?
Definition
food goes down esophagus
Term
food goes down esophagus

what happens after?
Definition
stomach

mechanical & chemical
pepsin & chyme
Term
stomach

what happens after?
Definition
sm intestine

jejunum (absorb nutrients)
Term
sm intestine

what happens after?
Definition
pancreas

(pacreatic amylase)
*breakdown glucose by sucrase
Term
pancreas

what happens after
Definition
absorption from intestinal vein
Term
absorption from intestinal vein

what happens after?
Definition
superior mescenteric vein
Term
superior mescenteric vein

what happens after?
Definition
hepatic portal vein
Term
hepatic portal vein

what happens next?
Definition
hepatic portal system

(nutrient rich blood to liver)
Term
hepatic portal system

what happens next?
Definition
inf. vena cava
Term
inf. vena cava

what happens next?
Definition
right atrium
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