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DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
The digestive system of fish is similar to the digestive tract of other animals. Carnivorous fish have short digestive tracts when compared to herbivorous fish. The stomach and intestines contain submucosal eosinophilic granular cells. The function of these cells is unknown. Some species of fish (Salmonids) have pyloric ceca, which are occasionally confused with parasites. These ceca secrete the digestive enzymes required to digest some food. Fish without the pyloric ceca have digestive enzyme production in the liver and pancreas. It is not possible to divide the intestine into large and small intestine.The liver does not have the typical lobular architecture that is present in mammals. In many species of fish there are areas of exocrine pancreas (hepatopancreas) that are present near the small veins off the hepatic portal vein.
The pancreas is scattered in the mesentery, primarily near the pylorus.
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What is the difference between the digestive system of a fish to a human digestive?
nothing, a fish is slightly smaller
What type of digestive system do humans have?
humans have a monastic digestive system, so does swine
Where does the meat and fish go in your body?
They go in your digestive system.
How a fish get food?
It sucks it into its mouth and the piece of food then proceeds through the Digestive system of the fish.
What type of digestive system does a clown fish have?
many marine fish have a rudimentary digestive tract, so that may also imply to the type used by the clownfish
Can fish eggs survive through a birds digestive system?
There is evidence to suggest that some fish eggs might be able to survive the trip through a bird's digestive system. This explains how some species of fish end up where they may not belong.
What is a difference between the digestive system of the annelid and the fish?
fish have a bladder and a stomach. worms have a crop, gizzard, and intestine.
What does fish help you do?
Fishes let you live longer, it helps your stomach system..digestive
Of the body systems studied which two are most unlike the related human system cray fish?
The skeletal system and the digestive system.
Are there any Similarities between human and fish respiratory systems?
There are many similarities between fish and humans. Fish and humans have many of the same organs. We both have a digestive system and a reproductive system.
How does a fish eat?
Fish eat by capturing its prey, and then swallowing it so it can pass through its digestive system and collects the nutrients and finally poops the waste out.
Is a fish's digestive system intracellular or extracellular?
A bony fish's digestive system is an extracellular process - the food in ingested, taken into the stomach where acid and compression works to break it down. It then transits into the intestinal system where it is completely broken down and the nutrients absorbed into the blood stream. At this point the nutrients will go from extracellular to intracellular as they are absorbed by the body tissues from the blood stream.
