ACCESSORY DIGESTIVE ORGANS

LIVER

GALLBLADDER

PANCREAS

LIVER

• Found on the right side of the body

• Stores nutrients (vitamins and minerals)

• Filters toxins, poisons, and drugs

• Produces bile, a substance that helps break down fat

GALLBLADDER

• Connected to liver and small intestine

• Stores bile

PANCREAS

• Makes digestive juices and enzymes that are released into the small intestine.

• The juices balance the acid from the stomach.

• Produces insulin

FUN FACTS TRIVIA1. An empty stomach can hold 60mL of liquid but after a meal, it

can go up to 3800mL

2. You make 700mL of saliva/day

3. The small intestines is 4m long

4. You make 500mL of HCl/day

5. You make 100mL of bile/day

6. Heartburn happens when acid in the stomach leaks near the

heart.

7. Too much stress or spicy food can give you ulcers

8. Healthy bowel movement means going once a day

9. In the large intestine there are more than 400 types of bacteria.

COLON CANCERWHAT IS IT? Cancer of the large intestine

• Second leading cause of cancer death in Ontario

• 90% survival if detected early• 50% of those diagnosed survive• Over 400 Canadians are diagnosed every week• 1 in 14 men will get it• 1 in 15 women will get it

RISK FACTORS

AGE POLYPS FAMILY HISTORY

DIET HIGH IN RED MEAT (beef, pork,

lamb, goat)

PROCESSED MEAT (ham, salami,

sausage, hot dogs)

ALCOHOL

RISK FACTORS

SMOKING PHYSICAL INACTIVITY OBESITY

SIGNS & SYMPTOMS1) Change in pooping habits2) Blood in stool3) Diarhea or constipation4) Stools that are more narrow that usual5) Abdominal discomfort (gas, bloating, cramps, fullness)6) Unexplained weight loss7) Very tired8) Vomiting

SCREENINGWHY? To see if you have colon cancer even though you don’t have any symptoms.

STEP 1: Stool sample

STEP 2: Colonoscopy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl4s1D4MGH8

VIDEO: COLON CANCER COLONSCOPY (A POLYP)

TREAMENT

1. Surgery: remove tumour

2. Radiation therapy: beam aimed at tumour

3. Chemotherapy: drugs that damage tumour cells