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Digestive System
Digestive System is the category for questions regarding the breakdown and absorption of food-stuffs in our alimentary canal. Questions about the stomach and intestines can be included in this category.
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What keeps the digestive system healthy?
That is a good patai i will say that healthy eating is good such as eating 5 fruits a day and also eating vitamins and minarals
Does the mouth belong to the digestive system or respiratory?
Your mouth is part of both the digestive and the respiratory system.
It belongs to the digestive system, because it adds saliva, which helps break down the starches before further digestion in the stomach. Ptyalin is one of the important chemicals. Additionally, of course the mastication definitely aids the digestive process.
And it belongs to the respiratory system for under exercise, it becomes the main entry way for air. But probably without the moisturizing qualities added by the passage through the nose.
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. The body then absorbs these smaller molecules through the walls of the small intestine into the bloodstream, which delivers them to the rest of the body. Waste products of digestion pass through the large intestine and out of the body as a solid matter called stool.
Source: niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-topics/Anatomy/your-digestive-system/Pages/anatomy.aspx
How does the circulatory system delivers oxygen and glucose to tissues?
blood provides oxygen to the body
I think that perhaps you mean the polypeptides, which is a polymer of many amino acids. The protein is broken down into polypeptides, which are in turn broken down into amino acids - the building blocks of pretty much all of the human body.
What does the pepsin have to do with the digestion system?
When you eat, your body needs to digest the food and turn it into a form that the body can use for nutritional purposes. Digestion refers to the chemical breakdown of large food molecules into smaller molecules that can then be used by cells. This process occurs when certain enzymes are mixed with the food. One of those enzymes is pepsinogen, which is converted to pepsin; pepsin is important because it digests proteins.
What Is the joint in the middle of arm called?
it's called an elbow.
The joint in the middle of the arm is the elbow.
elbow
The joint that is used when bending the elbow is aSynovial Joint.
A considerable amount of movement is permitted a all synovial joints and types are subdivided according to the movements.
The elbow would be specifically considered a Hinge Joint: This type permits movement in one plane only. The movements are flexion and extension. Other examples of hinge joints are knee, ankle interphalangeal joints of the fingers and toes.
* so its a synovial joint...but a Hinge joint type...other types are ball and socket eg: hip etc.
Hope it helps :)
What effect does alcohol being absorbed in the stomach have?
It increases blood alcohol concentration (BAC).
What part of the digestive system produces enzymes?
Enzymes are produced in various regions of our digestive system. Starch is digested by amylase produced by our salivary glands; protein is broken down by pepsin, manufactured in the stomach. In the upper part of the small intestine - the duodenum - all main nutrient molecules are broken down by enzymes made in our pancreas and by the small intestine itself.
Stores food 3 to 4 hours while digestion is occurring?
well actually no organ dose that.But i now food can atleast stay i your system for up to 1and 1/2 or maybe up to 2 hours. But after it digest through it goes out of your urinia and recuem
How does friction helps in chewing the food?
Chewing food helps digestion because it breaks down foods so the stomach doesn't have to do so much work. Saliva helps it to be liquefied and adds enzymes that begin digestion. If we just swallow chunks even without chewing, the food will still be digested but the process would take longer.
Does everybody really defecate?
Any person who eats and drinks fluids must urinate and have bowel movements.
What secretes salts acids and enzymes which continue the breakdown of protein fats?
gallbladder and your pancreas
What foods would result in the slowest rate of digestion?
the only one i know isn't really food, but it takes 7 years to fully digest...
gum
What part of the brain assists the digestive system by moving food through the digestive tract?
The brain controls many hormonal and muscular processes of the digestive system. The digestive system, in turn, provides the brain with nutrients needed for its functions.
What is the organ with the most acidic contents in the digestive system?
The stomach which contains hydrochloric acid. The stomach has a very low pH, no more than 2.
The organ with the most acidic contents in the digestive system is the stomach. Acids that are present in the human stomach include hydrochloric acid and gastric acid.
stomach
Which animal has the fastest digestive system?
Compared to dogs and cats, there are other domesticated animals who win the prize for the fastest bowels. Ferrets, for instance, can process a meal in under a half hour.
They can't hold a candle, though, to humming birds. Since they feed mainly on sugar water (nectar) they don't need a long digestive tract and the food doesn't need a long time to be absorbed. Shrews, I suspect would run a close second to them.
