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Although the stomach is responsible for digestion very little occurs in it?
Absorption
What occurs in the stomach although it is responsible for very little digestion?
Although the stomach is responsible for digestion, very little absorption happens in it. Instead, the stomach is more like a washing machine; it agitates foodstuffs. It stirs up ground up food (mechanical digestion from teeth / gums occurs in the mouth), with stomach acids in the stomach and bile salts from the gallbladder assisting in chemical digestion.
Where in the body are there bacteria that the immune system does not attack?
In the Stomach, or Intestines (Look a little deeper), there is some bacteria that helps with digestion, because they speed up the process. The Immune System recognizes this, and basically leaves them to do their job.
Why does hydrogen in exaled breath indicate lactose intolerance?
Hydrogen is absorbed from the intestines and carried by the bloodstream into the lungs where it is exhaled. Normally there is very little hydrogen detectable in the breath, so its presence indicates faulty digestion of lactose.
What color is the large intestines?
pinkish and little red
If a person remove small intestine how would this affect digestion?
Without the small intestines, there would be malabsoption problems. The person would get little nutrients or vitamins. The person would need to take vitamin pills and other minerals to sustain life.
What are chupa-chupas?
little worms that eat ur intestines no joke!
What happens in your gallbladder?
The gall bladder is a little sack on the bottom of the liver. The liver produces bile, an enzyme used in digestion, then pumps the excess bile into the gall bladder to be stored. When the bile is needed in the intestines the bile is pumped out of the gall bladder through the common bile duct.
What is a gastric caeca?
Gastric caeca are finger-like projections found in the digestive system of some animals, such as insects and crustaceans. They are located at the junction of the foregut and midgut and play a role in digestion and absorption of nutrients. Gastric caeca increase the surface area available for enzymatic activity and nutrient absorption, aiding in the efficient digestion of food.
What is the relationship between the surface area of the small intestine and the digestion of food?
I've heard that there are little hair like things that suck the nutrients out of the food inside the intestines. They are called villi. They are finger like structures that collect all the nutrients that have been collected before entering the small intestine!
Does the large intestine use chemical or mechanical digestion?
The large intestine primarily absorbs water and electrolytes from undigested food, with little to no involvement in chemical or mechanical digestion. Its main role is to form and store feces before they are eliminated from the body.
What is a complex carbohydrate that provides little energy but is importsnt for digestion?
Fiber
