Dr Wendi Health

Overview of the Digestive System

Overview of the Digestive System

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

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