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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 do crocodiles eat to help them digest their food?

The digestive enzymes and acids of a crocodile are able to break down the tissues of animals swallowed whole. Crocodiles digest slowly; they can go months without food after eating a large animal.

What enzymes digest fat proteins and carbs?

Digestion of carbs begins in the mouth with the enzyme amylase. Digestion of proteins begins in the stomach with hydrochloric acid. Digestion continues in the small intestine. The extremely acidic sludge triggers the pancreas to produce most of the digestive enzymes, which break down both carbs and proteins. Enzymes can also come from digestive bacteria further down the line, or from the food itself, if the food was raw. If the carbs were mono-sugars to begin with, like glucose or fructose, I don't think they need enzymes to be absorbed through the small intestine. Likewise if proteins are single amino acids they are absorbed immediately. Lipids (fats) rely on bile salts, which are formed by the liver and stored in the gall bladder. Once again the gall bladder needs to be triggered by strong enough stomach acid to function. I'm not sure if enzymes are involved with lipids (pre-absoption, I mean). Nucleic acids I'm not sure about. Short answer: the pancreas.

How does the digestive system work in a orderly way?

Well first of all the digestive system is in your body that helps it slow down. so when you eat, it helps the food run down your throat. and your butt, is used to come out food.

OK so lets review

  • Your digestive system helps the food go down your food
  • And your butt is the attation of it, so its like a chain.

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What are the wave of muscle contractions that pushes food through the digestive system?

Smooth muscle in the walls of the digestive tract contract and form a movement called peristalsis.

Duodenum?

Definition

The duodenum is the first part of the small intestine. It is located between the stomach and the middle part of the small intestine, or jejunum.

After foods mix with stomach acid, they move into the duodenum, where they mix with bile from the gallbladder and digestive juices from the pancreas.

Absorption of vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients begins in the duodenum.

References

Evers BM. Small intestine. In: Townsend CM, Beauchamp RD, Evers BM, Mattox KL, eds. Sabiston Textbook of Surgery. 18th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2008:chap 48.

Reviewed By

Review Date: 10/30/2010

Linda Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Where is enzymes produce?

Protease is a protein-degrading enzyme produced in the pancreas.

How is bile essential in digestion?

Bile carries out two important functions in the duodenum. * Firstly, it makes the partly digested contents of our stomach (called chyme) alkaline; this creates an ideal environment for enzymes such as lipase to work. * Secondly, it emulsifies the fats which we have eaten. By emulsifying the fats, surface area is greatly increased, allowing for more efficient digestion by lipase enzymes.

How long does it take to digest cupcakes?

Digesting coffee will be different in each individual. The digestion process is determined by a person's metabolism and whether their digestive tract is functioning properly.

Why would nutrients not be absorbed in the stomach?

I am pretty sure it is Villi. Do not quote me on it!

Is all food absorbed by the digestive system after you eat?

The rest of the food that your not using comes out the but.(anus)

What is the main organ of digestion?

there are 5 primary parts of the digestive tract. it starts with the mouth, then goes through the esophagus, then into the stomach which leads to the small intestine then into the large intestine then to the rectum

How do you use the word indigestion in a question?

Remember that "indigestion" is a noun. You could say something like: "The tacos gave him indigestion" or "Indigestion can be caused by gulping food". It's frequently used in the objective case.

What subsection that follows the digestive system?

The urinary and digestive systems are not connected in a single lumen. The digestive system ends with the anus.

What are the end products of lipid digestion?

THE end product of lipolysis are free fatty acids and glycerlol.

What carries the digested food through all part of the body?

The digestive system PROCESSESES all matter that is put into it but it does not TRANSPORT nutrients, medication or bad matter through out the human body. The circulatory or blood system receives the filtered product and takes them to the necessary areas of the body that needs the nutrients, oxygen, water, medications and even the "baddies" like too much cholesterol or other fats or alcohol or other negative matter.

Which accessory organ of the digestive system will procces and store nutrients as well as producing bile?

The liver processes and stores nutrients as well as producing bile. The liver is not part of the digestive or alimentary tract, but is a critical digestive organ.

How long does it take for a snake to digest a mouse?

It does not take a fricken year to digest a rat. My 7 foot boa digests and poops out a jumbo rat in less than a week.

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.

Do food travel through the pharynx?

The larynx is only the passageway for air, as it is covered by the epiglottis to prevent food from entering it during swallowing. The pharynx, however, serves as a passageway for both food and air.

What is glycogen broken down into?

Glycogen is broken down in the blood by the help of glucagon. It is then transferred into the cells by insulin.

Where is undigested food storage?

After being broken up in the stomach, the chyme (partially digested food after exiting the stomach) is absorbed into tiny hairs in the small and large intestines called villi. Hope this helps :)