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What body system contains the GI tract?
GI=gastrointestinal tract. In other words everything a bit of food passes from you start chewing it until it leaves your body.
What are rumbling gurgling sounds from the GI tract called?
Rumbling, gurgling sounds from the GI tract are called are called borborygmi. These sounds are caused by fluid and gas moving in the intestines.
What is mucosa's fragility?
Mucosa can be found in the lining of the GI tract and friable is a term used to described the amount of degradation experienced in the GI tract. The Mucosa of the GI tract aids in the degradation of food in the body.
What microorganisms help to restore beneficial bacteria in the GI tract?
probiotics
Does the myenteric nerve plexus provides the major nerve supply to the GI tract wall and controls GI motility?
Yes, the large myenteric nerve plexus lies between the cirular and lomgitudinal muscle layers of the muscularis externa. Enteric neurons of this plexus provide the major nerve supply to the GI tract walls and controls GI tract motility. (page 778of Marieb, A&P 3rd edition)
What do bicarbonates do in the GI tract?
Neutralize acids.
Does GI diet really improve health?
The GI diet is a diet that targets the GI tract of the intestine. It can be useful at first but in the long term there hasn't been any results that show it is a good diet.
What describes nutrition that by passes the GI tract?
Describes nutrition that bypasses the GI tract
What is the strongest muscle in the GI tract organ?
The stomach has the thickest walls and the strongest muscle in all the GI tract organs. : )
What is a part of the large intestine?
The GI (Gastrointestinal) tract or the Digestive Tract
Where does the GI tract end?
The anus
What is another name for gastrointestinal tract?
GI tract, GIT, digestive tract, digestion tract, alimentary canal
What does movement mean in reference to digestion?
the physical propulsion of food through the gastrointestinal tract (GI tract)
The function of the projections of the mucosa of the GI tract is to?
The function of the projections of the mucosa of the GI tract is secretions and absorption. Digestion is also aided by these projections.
What system is the Large intestine a part of?
The GI (Gastrointestinal) tract or the Digestive Tract
Innermost tunic of the gi tract?
it is the mucosa
Entero is the combining from for what GI organ?
"Entro" refers to the gastrointestinal tract. Enteritis, for example, is inflammation of some portion of the GI tract. Ileitis, inflammation of the ileum, would be a type of enteritis. An enteropathy would be a condition/ pathology of the GI tract which does not include enteritis/ inflammation.
