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GCSE Edexcel | A Star (Grade 9) Summary Notes | Digestion and Peristalsis Diagram | Colour Coded

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This PDF is a one-page summary of the entire digestion process, including key points on peristalsis, chemical and physical breakdown, and detailed enzyme function information. This allowed me to achieve an A* (Grade 9) in iGCSE Edexcel biology and is a clear, visual diagrammatic description of the sub-topic of digestion.

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2 .
28
PERISTALSIS

occurs in stomach and intestines
oesophagus
·



,




occurs on the muscle walls which contract to push the food along
·




DIGESTION
·
circular muscle contracts
,
muscles contract muscles relaxed
circular muscle layer
longitudinal muscle relaxes
,

-
o n
m e m
e

- gut is made narrower


O Ingestion circular
I
mouth
- muscle relaxes
·




- longitudinal muscle contracts
② DIGESTION 2
Oesophagus made wider
gut is
longitudinal muscle layer (outer layer
3 ADSORPTION 3 Stomach


4 ASSIMILATION " Small intestine

~salivary glands




S
5 EGESTION process of digestion
mouth z MOUTH




down)
I



whole process -
enzymes secreted by Salivary gland (amylase +
maltase) to


break down starch
2
oesophagus
amylase Maltase
-peristalsis-muscle moving too d STARCH ,
MaLTOSE ,
GLUCOSE

into stomach

process of chewing
. 30- 2
2 . 31 - breaks down food . Inc . SA : V so enzyme acts more




2
-
Gj-
:


4 . 1 LIVER+GALLBLADDER - makes food easier to swallo
W




S
liver produces bile although it is
,


stored in gallbladder . Bile has 2 roles :

2
-
neutrauses stomach acd to prevent
-



3
STOMACH
damage to tissue of small intesting


-



Stomach churns-mixes food and add
- emulsifies globules of fat -
800




En- T·
e- - -- 1

-
Optimum pH for protease
acidic-
4 ( -se
Y-- S Stomach is
- -
-kills any unwanted
" small intestine

&↳S
↑ - S
microbes
S

S
-
49 enzymes are secreted &

"
to broke
I
. &




T
~T
-
down remaining food

enzymes come from pancreas [I -
2
protease
amino acids
protein

amylase maltas

2 .
29
starch maltose glucose
"Pase
lipids fatty acds+ glycerol
4b . Food molecules are diffused into blood stream 4 2 .
Pancreas
:




n&
releases enzymes into small
intestine



2 32
.

↳ pancreas t liver are not part of the

ADAPTATIONS
allmentary .
canal


↳ ultimately increase absorption
·


to - Whilst they affect the digestion process
,
- absorption movement of small molecules contact with the
-



They do not come into

Y chemical process from digestive system into
food
-blood (glucose + amino acds)
organs secreting ->
lymph (fatty acds +
glycerol
# 1 : VILLI
enzymes
·


large SA Villi finger
·

short deffusion distance I cell thick
·
Steep conc .
gradient close to blood vessels

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