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What organ would have the smallest impact on digestion absorption and elimination if removed?
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Gerda O'Conner
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What are the structure adaptive features which make the small intestine efficient for absorption of digested food?
More than 50% must be removed before there is a significant reduction in capability Duodenum and jejunum can perform each other's roles in digestion and absorption
What happens when root hairs are removed?
Absorption of water is affected.
How water is removed from plants?
First by soil-absorption, then by evaporation and photosynthesis.
What is the function of the large intestent?
The large intestine reabsorbs much of the water and any nutrients that would have been removed as waste.
What organ has no function in relation to digestion but when it comes inflamed it has to be removed by operation?
Appendix
How would removal of 95 percent of the stomach to treat severe ulcers or cancer affect the digestion and absorption of food?
The stomach stores food and released small amounts regularly into the intestines for digestion. If the stomach was removed the patient must eat small amounts of food regularly. If they ate a normal sized meal it passes into the intestine and due to osmosis, a great deal of water moves into the intestines - 'dumping syndrome' which can cause nausea, diarrhoea, bloating, cramps, fatigue and dizziness. It would also affect blood sugar and could cause hypoglycaemia. So removal of the stomach makes digestion and absorption much more difficult.The stomach lining cells also produce Intrinsic factor which is needed for the absorption of vitamin K. Therefore the patient may become deficient in vitamin K.The job of the stomach is to break down proteins, mix and begin digestion. It is not involved in the absorption of food. If a person has a small stomach, they will loose weight but the stomach can stretch and enlarge.
What is are produced as a result of the mechanical digestion of a piece of meat?
After a persons stomach was surgically removed the chemical digestion of ingested protein would probably begin in the
What other location other than the mouth is responsible for majority of mechanical digestion?
The intestines do most of the digestion: if too much of the intestines are removed the person dies.
What is readsorption?
Re-adsorption is defined as the absorption of a substance that was previously removed. This process commonly occurs with water in the body.
What is the reverse of Markovnikov's rule?
Markonikov's rule is related to addition reactions so its reverse should be related to elimination reaction so it may be Saytzef's rule which states that during elimination reaction hydrogen is removed from that carbon atom which has the lesser no of hydrogen atoms.
How the body rids of body wastes?
Through digestion; undigestible materials are removed from the body via the rectum and anal canal.
What is the function of the gastric canal?
the gastric canal has an important clinical role in the stomach as it allows for gastic juices to be removed before absorption
