Describes nutrition that bypasses the GI tract
Peristalsis Peristaltic contractions
mouth gut small intestine large intestine
All blood leaving the GI tract first goes to the liver through the hepatic portal vein for processing and detoxification before entering the general circulation.
Another name for the gut is the gastrointestinal tract (GI tract) or digestive system.
The walls of the GI tract are composed of four main layers of tissue: mucosa, submucosa, muscularis, and serosa. Each layer has a specific function that contributes to the digestive process.
GI=gastrointestinal tract. In other words everything a bit of food passes from you start chewing it until it leaves your body.
Digestion works by moving food through the GI tract. Digestion begins in the mouth with chewing and ends in the small intestine. As food passes through the GI tract, it mixes with digestive juices, causing large molecules of food to break down into smaller molecules. This passes through to teh bowel and out of the body
Peristalsis Peristaltic contractions
Digestion works by moving food through the GI tract. Digestion begins in the mouth with chewing and ends in the small intestine. As food passes through the GI tract, it mixes with digestive juices, causing large molecules of food to break down into smaller molecules and out from the bowel
Glucose, if you're a diabetic with a rectal bleed.
The stomach has the thickest walls and the strongest muscle in all the GI tract organs. : )
Patients who cannot or will not eat, or who are unable to absorb nutrients taken by mouth, may be fed intravenously (parenteral nutrition) or through a tube inserted into the gastrointestinal (GI) tract (enteral nutrition).
The GI (Gastrointestinal) tract or the Digestive Tract
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GI tract, GIT, digestive tract, digestion tract, alimentary canal
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