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How does fibre help food pass through the gut?
fibre helps the feces to form bolus. Fibre is not at all digested in the gut. It moves all the way through the gut sticking to the feces and makes it bolus for easy passage.
Why are muscle cells needed in the intestine?
So the intestine can contract and son the food passed through the gut can pass on
What is in the food that helps it pass through your gut?
I would say any liquid, either ingested or secreted, but in most part, peristalsis (the wavelike muscular contractions of the alimentary canal) of the gut does most of the contribution in allowing food to be passed through.
Is there a presence of a through gut in porifera?
No. Porifera and Cnidarians lack a through gut.
What is the name of the wave like constraction that propel food along the gut?
Peristalsis is the process by which smooth muscle moves a mass of food (called the food bolus) through the digestive system. There is circular smooth muscle and longitudinal smooth muscle in the digestive tract. Contraction of circluar smooth muscle keeps the food bolus from moving "backward" along the digestive tract by decreasing the diameter of the tract behind the bolus. Contraction of the longitudinal muscle in the digestive tract propels the food bolus "forward" in the digestive tract.
Does chordata have a through gut?
Yes.
Does platyhelminthes have a through gut?
yes
When did Irene Gut Opdyke die?
Irene Gut Opdyke passed away from liver disease on May 17, 2003 in California at the age of 81.
Do arthropods have through gut?
stupid question
How old was Irene Gut Opdyke when she died?
Irena Gut Opdyke was 81 through 85 when she died
Why do farmers make a baby calf eat a magnet?
A calf is not made to eat a magnet. They are given via bolus plunger down the esophagus, and it's to make sure they don't get bits of metal stuck in their gut or migrate through their internal organs potentially killing them. Magnets are more commonly given to cows, though.
What is the function of gut?
The gut is where food is digested, nutrients are absorbed into the bloodstream, and indigestible waste moves through and leaves the body.
