Sherwood - Chapter 14

Objective:  In the process of digetion, structurally complex foodstuffs of the diet are reduced to smaller absorbable units by enzymes within the digestive system.

1.  Motility
        a.  propulsion and mixing
2.  Secretion
        a.  enzymes, bile salts and mucus
3.  Digestion
4.  Absorption
5.  Digestive tract
        a.  regulation of digestive function
        b.  basic electrical rhythm or BER
6.  Receptor activation