Human Digestitive System | Class 10

In this Master Class, we will discuss Human Digestive System. We shall discuss the below mentioned in utmost detail & precision.

The human digestive system consists of the gastrointestinal tract plus the accessory organs of digestion. Digestion involves breaking down food into smaller components until it can be absorbed and assimilated into the body. Digestion starts in the oral cavity, where food gets mixed with saliva, consisting of water, electrolytes, mucus, serous fluid, salivary amylase, and lysozyme.

Salivary amylase helps break down the starch into maltose, isomaltose, and dextrin with the help of the enzyme salivary amylase.

The digestive system converts the foods we eat into their simplest forms, like glucose (sugars), amino acids (that makeup protein) or fatty acids (that makeup fats). The broken-down food is then absorbed into the bloodstream from the small intestine and the nutrients are carried to each cell in the body. Your digestive system breaks down and absorbs nutrients from the food and liquids you consume to use for important things like energy, growth and repair cells.