Food and fluids go in...Feces and fluids come out...
The GI tract is an overall workhorse to convert ingested food and fluid to energy and stored energy, as well as get rid of wastes.
Describes nutrition that bypasses the GI tract
The stomach has the thickest walls and the strongest muscle in all the GI tract organs. : )
The GI (Gastrointestinal) tract or the Digestive Tract
The anus
GI tract, GIT, digestive tract, digestion tract, alimentary canal
the physical propulsion of food through the gastrointestinal tract (GI tract)
The function of the projections of the mucosa of the GI tract is secretions and absorption. Digestion is also aided by these projections.
The GI (Gastrointestinal) tract or the Digestive Tract
it is the mucosa
Neutralize acids.
"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.
The abbreviation most often used for gastroenterologist is GI, standing for gastrointestinal. Although it's ungrammatical, health care professionals will often say, "You need to see GI," when they really mean, "You need to see the GI specialist."