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Digestive System Lab Report

EduardoBautista
March232016
Period5th
ToniLafferty

(Introduction:1StructuresofMouth)
Throughoutthisreportyouwillbelearningwhathelpsyoubreakdownfoodandhowit'sdone.
Themouthisthebeginningofthedigestivesystem,Thesmellofthefoodiswhattriggersthe
salivaryglandsinyourmouthtosecretesaliva.Therearethreestepstwobreakingdownthe
food.Salivaisaveryimportantpartofyourbody,itismadeupofmostlywater,italsohas
proteinsandmineralsthatwillprotectyourteeth.Whenyouactuallytastethefoodthesaliva
increases.Theteethisanotherknownsourcetohelpbreakdownthefoodyoueat.Itisknown
asoneofthehardestsubstancesinyourbody,anditplaysaveryimportantrolewithspeech.
Onceyoustartchewingandbreakingdownthefoodintosmallerpiecesthesalivaproduces
moresothatitcanbreakdownthefoodevenmoreintoajuicelikeliquid.

Figure1(TeethLabels)
Food

5Secplaced
Tongue

5SecChew

5Secunplug
Nose+Chew

DoesntID
Food

Cucumber

Good

Carrot

Good

Cheese

Good

Banana

NoGood

Potato

NoGood

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Figure3(Salivaand

Figure2
(Howtofillupthetesttubes)
H2OWithcrackerTestTubes)
1)Begin

24Hr

48Hr

#2)Begin

24Hr

48Hr

Purple

Cloudy

Clear,
Cloudy

Purple

Cloudy

Clear

(Introduction:2EsophagusandStomach)
TheeffectsofpHonthebreakdownoffoodmakesupalargeroleofthedigestivesystem.
Enzymesareaproteinthatcancausechemicalreactionsandbreaksdownthefoodintosmaller
piecesandhelpsoutawholelotwiththedigestiveandbreakingdownoffood.Wemadetwo
testingtubesthateachhaveabrokenupcrackerineach.Thetubeshadbothdifferentthingsin
itonehadH2Oandtheothertubehadsaliva.Thishelpedmeouttoseehowdifferentthings
wereabletobreakdownfoodswhilethechewingishappening.Thecatsstomachand
esophagusbothplayimportantrolesinthedigestivesystem.TheEsophagusseemstohave
onlyoneimportantroleinthebodytocarryfood,liquids,andsalivafromthemouthtothe
stomach.Thestomachthenactsasacontainertostartdigestionandpumpfood,liquidsintothe
smallintestinesandlargeintestines,nutrientscanlaterbeabsorbedthroughtheintestines.The
esophagustransportsthefoodtothestomachbyacoordinatedcontractionsofthemuscle
linings.Thefoodpastthroughtheesophagusandthemusclesthatallowthefoodtogodown
fromuptodownaretheupperandlowerendsbymusclescalledsphincters.Thefoodgoes
throughtheloweresophagealsphincterbeforeitentersthestomach.Thestomachworksas
wellastheesophagus,thestomachbreaksdownthefoodintosmallerpiecesandhelpsthe
foodpassthroughtheintestineswithoutanyproblems.

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Figure3(EsophagusandStomachlabels)

Figure3LargeintestineFigure4:Structureoftheintestines

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(Introduction:3SmallandLargeIntestines)

Thefollowinginformationwillbeaboutthecat'sintestinesandwhat'stheirfunctions.Thesmall
intestineisthefirstintestineIwillbetalkinganditsfunction.Thesmallintestineisatubelike
structure,thatextendsbetweenthestomachandlargeintestine.Itisthelongestpartofthe
intestinaltractandisabouttwoandahalftimestheanimal'sbodysize.Thesmallintestinehas
threepartstowherethefecespassthrough.TheyarecalledDuodenumiswhereitallstarts,
Jejunumisthemiddlepartoftheintestine,Andlastistheileumwhichislocatednearthececum
ofthelargeintestine.Thenextintestineisthelargeintestinewhichisconnectedtotherectum.
Thelargeintestineisalsobrokenupintodifferentsegments.Cecumisintheveryfrontpartof
thelargeintestine.Ascendingcolon,Transversecolon,DescendingcolonandSigmoidareall
partsofhowthefecespastthroughthelargeintestineandenterstherectum.Thewhole
functionofthepancreasistohelpwiththedigestivesystemonthebreakingdownoffoods,the
pancreascreatesenzymesandhormonestohelpbreakdownfoods.Theliversfunctiontothe
systemisthatithelpsincompensatingthebloodincludingtheamountsofsugar(glucose),
proteinandfatthatentersthebloodstream.

(Question)
WhataretheeffectsofGIhormonesonaRat'sdigestivesystem?

ExperimentalData

Unknowns

12345

DropsoffluidfromSalivaryduct

pHofStomach

**X

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Dropsoffluidfrompancreaticduct

XX

pHoffluidfrommainpancreaticduct

Dropsoffluidfromcommonbileduct

Motilityofstomach

X*

MotilityofSmallintestine

BloodGlucoseLevel

StrengthofContraction

XX*

Figure:6(Table3
X
=ArrowsUp
*
=ArrowsDown

=NosignificantChange)

Experiment
alData

Cont
rol

Unknow
ns

Dropsof
10
Fluidfrom
Salivary
Duct,Min1

10

10

70

12

pHOfthe
stomach

1.9

1.8

Dropsof
fluidfrom
pancreatic
duct,Min1

77

30

9.5

pHoffluid
7
fromamain
pancreatic
duct.

7.2

10

7.6

7.2

Dropsof
fluidfrom
common
bileduct,
Min1

64

2.3

2.4

2.4

Motilityof
stomach,
no.of
contraction
s/min

3.6

15

3.4

1.0

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Motilityof
small
intestine,
no.of
contraction
s/min

15

17

18

30

17

13

Blood
glucose
level,mg/dl

100

101

100

104

102

60

Strengthof
contraction
mmHg

10

12

12

50

(Figure7:Table2FromExperimentaldatafromtheVirtualRats)

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