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Intestines
The intestines aid in the digestion and absorption of food and stretch from the stomach to the anus.
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What does mucosa erythematous mean in a upper GI test?
Erythematous means red. Mucosa erythematous means the lining of the GI tract was red. Talk with your health care provider to find out if this redness has any implications in your health.
What is positioned in all spatial planes?
The semicircular canals are located in all three planes of space. The receptor for dynamic equilibrium is called the crista ampullaris, which is a minute elevation in the ampulla of each semicircular canal.
When potato material is broken down in the small intestine what are the subunits?
When the material of a potato is broken down in the small intestine, it is eventually broken down into glucose. The subsets are starch, maltose, maltase, and finally glucose.
If you have had blood in your feces what should you do and what could these symptoms mean?
Blood in feces is due to several reasons.firstly you have to observe two things. 1)Blood is fresh and bright red in color in feces?or 2)blood is black in color,black tarry stool(like ground coffee)? black tarry stools(feces with black color blood) suggest upper gastrointestinal bleeding.which is due to several reasons.some are listed below 1)peptic ulcer(most common) 2)mallory weiss tear, 3)oesophageal and stomach cancer 4)gastric erosions 5)aortic fistula 6)diverticular disease and if feces have bright red blood this suggest lower gastrointestinal bleeding(small and large intestine).which may be due to 1)cancer of colon 2)diverticular disease 3)colitis you should go to hospital and have tests to exclude what is the cause of your GIT bleeding,and then according to that doctors ll treat you.
Why is there blood and white jelly in stool after taking laxative?
The blood is there because you may have had a large stool, and slightly irritated the anus. The white jelly was the encasing that surrounded the laxative you took orally.
What are some Foods that are easily digested for someone who suffers acute pancreatitis?
I suffer from Acute Pancreatitis. What is the best side to sleep on?
Why is stomach acid neutralised by pancreatic juice and bile in the small intestine?
As food passes through the digestive system, the digestive processes attack different types of food - carbohydrates, fats and proteins. The breakdown of proteins requires an acid environment (in the stomach region) while the breakdown of fats and carbohydrates needs an alkaline environment. Thus the Ph of the gut is changed when food leaves the stomach.
What can happen to intestines after a ruptured appendix?
Nothing. It come back to its normal activity in a short time, after surgery. However, without IV antibiotics and surgery, death is very likely due to massive infections in the internal organs.
The answer depends on how much analyses and what you are trying to analyze for in feces. For instance, looking for parasites is fairly easy. You put some under a microscope and see what you can find crawling around in it. Or testing for hidden or "occult" blood, it is as simple as wiping a gloved finger which came out of the patient onto a reagent strip and seeing what color it turns. Now, if you are analyzing feces for DNA, that can be difficult. Feces does contain DNA, but the PCR process may have to be performed first to get enough DNA to test.
Insertion of a finger into the male rectum to palpate the rectum and prostate?
Inserting a finger into the rectum to palpate rectum and prostate is a procedure to check the prostate gland for enlargement or prostate cancer.
Inserting the finger into the rectum to palpate to prostate is also known as prostate milking or prostate massage. This is done to remove the build up of prostatic fluid in the prostate gland, and also for pleasure as a prostate ejaculation can be more intense than a penile ejaculation.
What are the finger-like structures that line the small intestine to absorb nutrients?
These finger- like structures are called villi. They serve to increase the surface area of the small intestine so that more nutrients can be absorbed faster.
What does dark blood 7 green bowel movements mean?
Dark blood means its time to see your health care provider. You likely have some problem in the upper digestive tract.
What Should be the Precautions While taking Care of pneumonia patient?
Pneumonia-causing germs can become airborne and hence spread easily from person to person. While taking care of a patient recovering from pneumonia it is preferred to use a face mask so that there is minimum exposure to airborne droplets from the patient formed as a result of coughing or sneezing. Moreover, use of hand sanitizer is advised before and after visiting the patient as common surfaces e.g. table tops, door knobs and bed covers can be rich of body fluids from the patient.when <a href="https://www.healthunits.com/pneumonia/is-pneumonia-contagious/"> is pneumonia contagious </a> and how we take care of it and get away from it
What is more stinky a fart or trash?
This really depends on what is in the trash, but also what the person has been eating! Can't exactly have a definite answer.
Provides great strength through parallel bundles of collagenic fibers found in tendons?
Dense fibrous connective tissue
