This video describes an overview of the structures involved in digestion and the main overall functions, as well as a look at the tissue level of the GI tract. At the end, I also describe the difference between subcutaneous fat and visceral fat (belly fat) and how the latter is highly correlated with chronic inflammatory conditions.
Time Stamps
Overview of GI tract organs 0:26
Accessory organs 3:55
Definitions (ingestion, mechanical and chemical digestion, secretion, absorption, defecation) 6:26
Where each type of process occurs in the GI tract 8:00
Fibre 12:06
List of functions of the digestive system 13:24
GI tract tissue 14:57
Mesentery plus cool video clip of intestines 18:42
Visceral fat and why we want to decrease it 19:48
