As part of a USDA – Higher Education Challenge Grant Project, Prof. Bornhorst has developed teaching and learning material (in collaboration with Prof. R. Paul Singh) for an undergraduate course on food digestion and functional food design.
This videos and notes below have been used as part of a new course at UC Davis in Fall 2022.
These videos can be utilized to supplement undergraduate courses, as a review for graduate students working in this area, or for interdisciplinary learning. Please contact Prof. Bornhorst (gbornhorst@ucdavis.edu) with any questions or inquiries about these course materials.
Module 1: Oral Digestion Overview & Saliva Basics
Module 1 contains four videos with information on oral digestion basics and salivary secretions.
If you would like to follow along with the videos and use note templates, you can find the combined notes for Module 1 here.
Video 1: Oral Digestion Definitions
Video 2: Oral Anatomy
Video 3: Salivary Secretions
Video 4: Saliva Function
Module 2: Food Breakdown during Oral Digestion
Module 2 contains four videos with information on food breakdown during oral digestion, both by salivary enzymes, as well as through mechanical breakage by the teeth.
If you would like to follow along with the videos and use note templates, you can find the combined notes for Module 2 here.
Video 1: Salivary Enzymes
Video 2: Mechanical Breakdown and Food Properties
Video 3: Particle Size Determination
Video 4: Pathway to Swallow
Module 3: Swallowing, the Esophagus, and Gastric Secretions
Module 3 contains five videos with information on swallowing, basic esophageal and gastric anatomy and function, and gastric secretions.
If you would like to follow along with the videos and use note templates, you can find the combined notes for Module 3 here.
Video 1: Swallowing & the Esophagus
Video 2: Gastric Anatomy and Basic Function
Video 3: Gastric Secretions
Video 4: Regulation of Gastric Secretions
Video 5: Postprandial Gastric pH Distribution
Module 4: Gastric Motility, Emptying, and Food Breakdown
Module 4 contains five videos with information on gastric motility, gastric modeling, and food breakdown during gastric digestion
If you would like to follow along with the videos and use note templates, you can find the combined notes for Module 4 here.
Video 1: Postprandial Gastric Motility
Video 2: Fasting Gastric Motility
Video 3: Gastric Emptying
Video 4: Models to Describe Gastric Emptying
Video 5: Food Breakdown during Gastric Digestion