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What condition arises when the gastric juices begins to digest the walls of the stomach itself?
A gastric ulcer forms when acids begin to eat the stomach lining. If unchecked, the condition can cause a perforation--a hole. The areas around organs must be free acids, bacteria etc. So if you have a perforation, you can develop peritonitis, a life threatening infection throughout and surrounding all abdominal organs.
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Which organ belongs in the digestive system?
The stomach belongs in the digestive system. It is a muscular sac that helps break down food into smaller pieces and begins the process of digestion by releasing gastric juices.
Origin ?
The point or place where something begins, arises, or is derived.
Where does the protein digestion start?
the digestion of proteins begin in the stomach.
What churns food and begins the protein digestion?
The stomach.
Where does pepsin normally occur?
It is produced by the gastric glands and begins digestion in proteins.
Churns food and begins protein digestion?
When pepsinogen is mixed with hydrochloric acid, it makes pepsin. Pepsin is the enzyme that begins the digestion of proteins in stomach.
Where does stomach digestion begin?
Oddly, it begins in the throat, on the way down to the stomach.
What chemical in the stomach begins to denature protein in the stomach?
They are the enzymes . Predominant one is Pepsin
What is the cardiac section of the stomach?
The cardiac section is one of four sections of the stomach. It begins where the contents of the esophagus empty into the stomach.
What is the food mass called after it leaves the stomach?
Chyme. Food begins entering the mouth and is mixed with saliva and this mass is called a bolus. The bolus goes down the esophogus to the stomach where it is mixed with stomach acids and becomes chyme. The chyme goes through gastric emptying into the small intestine where it is then mixed with bile to allow the transport of fat into the blood stream.
Where does digestion begin where does it end?
It begins with the gastric acids in your saliva in your mouth where the food starts to break down, continues to your stomach where it is broken down further, down to your small intestine where nutrients are absorbed, and into your colon where what remains is converted into waste product and excreted from the rectum.
Name the organ where fat digestion begins?
Stomach.
