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How is a roundworm's digestive tract like a tube-within-a-tube?
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∙ 11y ago
well it has a tube, and that tube is within a tube. therefore, the tube is somehow within the tube. that explains it
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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 the posterior opening of the digestive tract in a fetal pig?
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What compound can you drink so doctors can see your digestive tract?
An endoscopy can allow a doctor to see your upper digestive tract. If you drink a barium solution, your digestive system will be visible through an X-ray-like procedure.
The digestive tract is lined with finger-like projections called?
They are called as villi. (singular is villus.)
What is antiplasmodic?
An antispasmodic is a medicine that prevent spasm of the digestive tract or bladder spasm like the drug Probanthine.
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.
Is the mucosa in t digestive tract wall made of two layers of smooth muscle?
No it's made by idiots like you!
What is the medical term meaning wave like contractions?
The medical term for wave-like contractions is peristalsis. This is the rhythmic muscular movements that helps propel food and other materials through the digestive tract.
