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What are the symptoms of a roundworm infestation of the digestive tract?
The most common symptom of having a roundworm infestation in the digestive tract would be stomach cramps and asthma-like symptoms. Also you will find roundworms in your stool should you have an infestation.
What is Sac filled with digestive chemicals?
The stomach
What is leech digestive tract?
Leeches have a complete digestive tract. Leeches are members of Phylum Annelida. This phylum has the general characteristic of having a complete digestive tract, i.e. food goes in through the mouth, pass through digestive tract of some sort like stomach and/or intestine, waste gets discarded through some sort of rectal opening, i.e. anus. In comparison, an incomplete digestive tract generally means food goes in and waste come out of the same opening, i.e. mouth=anus. Lower level invertebrates have incomplete digestive tract like Phylum Cnidaria and Phylum Platyhelminthes members.
What is tube within a tube body plan?
A tube within a tube body plan is a characteristic of organisms where the digestive tract is essentially a tube running within another tube (the body cavity). This arrangement allows for specialization in different regions of the digestive system for various functions like digestion and absorption. Examples include organisms like roundworms and humans.
The digestive tract is lined with finger-like projections called?
They are called as villi. (singular is villus.)
What is the posterior opening of the digestive tract in a fetal pig?
The posterior opening of the digestive tract in a fetal pig is called the anus. It is the terminal end of the gastrointestinal system where waste material is expelled from the body. The anus is located at the posterior end of the pig, opposite to the mouth which is at the anterior end.
What is antiplasmodic?
An antispasmodic is a medicine that prevent spasm of the digestive tract or bladder spasm like the drug Probanthine.
What compound can you drink so doctors can see your digestive tract?
Barium sulfate is commonly used as a contrast agent for imaging the digestive tract. It is mixed with water and ingested before X-ray or CT scans to help highlight the outline of the digestive organs for better visualization.
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.
What is the muscle action that mixes chyme with digestive juices while another muscular action that moves food through the digestive system?
The muscle action that mixes chyme with digestive juices throughout the digestive system is called Peristalsis. Peristalsis are wave-like of contractions and expansions of muscles. The muscles help to move the bolus (food) through the digestive tract. Peristalsis are located all over the digestive tract.
What do the worms look like?
Roundworms are relatively short and thin while tapeworms can get longer and are flattened. Both are white and both die when in contact with air, outside of the instenstinal tract.
What specializations are common in the digestive tract of higher organisms such as humans?
Common specializations in the digestive tract of higher organisms like humans include the presence of villi and microvilli in the small intestine for increased surface area absorption, the production of digestive enzymes by the pancreas to aid in breaking down food, and the presence of specialized cells in the stomach that secrete acid and enzymes for digestion.
