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An inflammation of the lining of the small intestine reduces the ability of the intestine to absorb water or nutrients causing?
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Dehydration.
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Why does inflammation occur in the body?
Inflammation-- Pain, redness, swelling, and heat that usually develop in response to injury or illness.
What substance controls the release of bile into the small intestine?
Cholecystokinin. It targets the gallbladder causing it to release bile into the small intestines.
What happens to indigestible material in the small intestine?
It goes into the large intestine and then into the excetory system
Is tonsillitis a bacteria or virus?
Tonsillitis is simply an inflammation of the tonsils. Tonsillitis can be caused by either bacteria or viruses. The tonsils are part of the immune system and pathogens (disease causing organisms) are usually encounter these tissues first. Your body then mounts an immune response that results in inflammation of the tonsils. Inflammation is characterized by pain, swelling, redness, and heat. When in your tonsils, that means a sore throat.
What disease is a possible complication of measles and what part of the body does it affect?
Encephalitis and pneumonia are possible complications of measles. Encephalitis affects the brain causing inflammation, and pneumonia which affects the lungs.
What is an intestine intesception?
A condition where the small intestine telescopes back inside itself causing severe inflammation among other things.
What does the large intestine absorb from digested food causing the waste from here to be a solid?
nutrients
Why does diarrhea cause malnutrition?
Diarrhea may sweep other nutrients out of the intestine before they can be absorbed, causing malnutrition.
What is the role of the small intestine in the digestive system of proteins and fats?
In the small intestine, the food you eat continues being digested, and then the nutrients and proteins your body needs make their way out of the small intestine and into the rest of your body. Then the matter that is left over passes through the small intestine into the large intestine...causing you to go to the restroom.
What nutrients does the small intestine absorb?
Food is absorbed across the lining of the small intestine both by osmosis and by active transport. The surface area of the small intestine is increased by the presence of villi, microscopic finger-like projections into the lumen of the intestine. Certain parasites, such as tapeworms, produce chemicals that cause the intestine to "work in reverse" causing the body to pump vital nutrients back into the intestine to feed the worm.
Is a form of rheumatoid arthritis characterized by progressive stiffening of the spine?
this sounds more like "Ankylosing Spondylitis", this is inflamation of the joints in the spine. Ankylosing Spondyliti is also known as rheumatoid spondylitis or Marie-Strümpell diseaseAS is accompanied by by chronic inflammation, the result of which are stiffness and pain in the back that eventualy that moves to the chest and neck. In time all of the back may become curved and inflexibleas a result of the bones fusing. A condition that is known as "bamboo spine". This is a systemic disorder that may involve multiple organs like, the eyes (causing an inflammation of the iris, or iritis), the heart, (causing aortic valve disease), the lungs and skin (causing a scaly skin condition, or psoriasis), the gastrointestinal tract (causing inflammation within the small intestine, called ileitis, or inflammation of the large intestine,
How erythrocyte sedimentation rate can be used as an indicator of a pathological condition?
ESR is a test for inflammation it idicates a level of inflammation hower it will not Tel you what is causing the inflammation or where it is.
Are you going to encounter problems with a shorter small intestine than normal?
Yes, you may experience many digestive problems. The most likely may be a inability to extract enough nutrients from your food, causing malnutrition.
What organ has?
Small intestine which has villi sticking out then has mircovilli causing the small intestine to have a surface area of a tennis court
How decay causing bacteria are important?
it recycles nutrients
How does Chlamydia affect homeostasis?
Chlamydia affect homeostasis by causing inflammation in the area that it has infected.
How H1N1 becomes fatal?
it makes the lungs get overwhelmed with infection and inflammation causing death
