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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.
7,599 Questions
Why would you get stomach cramps after overstraining your thigh which was damaged in an accident?
You might be involuntarily using your stomach muscles more to make up for the limited use of your thigh muscle. Or something else may have been damaged in the accident. If muscle relaxers like Motrin don't ease the cramps you might want to pay the doc a visit.
Which system is responsible for the reducing food to small molecules in order for it to be absorbed?
digestion
What movement continually mixes the food with digestive juices?
Segmentation is a muscle action that mixes chyme with digestive juices, while Peristalsis is a muscle action that moves food through the digestive system.
What part of the cell digests protein?
The lysosome is the part of the cell that digests injured cells. The lysosome is a membrane bound cell organelle that is found in all animal cells.
What is the difference between turtle and human digestive system?
one is a turtle and the other is straight
What is the end product of fat digestion called?
Simple sugar, amino acid, fatty acids, or fatty acids and glycerol
In the digestive system what does the food do in your mouth?
In the digestive system, digestion starts in your mouth. Your teeth grind your food into small pieces. Your digestive juices can only work on the outside of food. by grinding food into small pieces, it gives your food a whole lot more area for your digestive juices to work on. Also the saliva in your mouth is a digestive juice. It starts the process of digesting carbohydrates.
What is the purpose of the pancreas in the human digestive system?
it is a organ that produces and,or stores chemical .... produces insulin
How long does it take to digest hard white rice?
Probably 60-90 mintues - no longer than the average starch. It would digest faster without the gluten but because of the more complex structure of brown rice (rather than white) it probably takes longer... Assuming you aren't eating the rice with meat or other food that retards the process.
What is peristalsis in the process of swallowing?
Peristalsis is a series of organized muscle contractions that occur throughout the digestive tract. Peristalsis is also seen in the tubular organs that connect the kidneys to the bladder.
Peristalsis is an automatic and important process that moves food through the digestive system. It also moves urine from the kidneys into the bladder, and bile from the gallbladder into the duodenum.
Peristalsis is a normal function of the body. It can sometimes be felt in the abdomen as gas moves along.
Alternative NamesIntestinal motility
How human digestive system adapted to its environment?
The gullet has circular rings of muscles in the walls and when you swallow a reflex talks place (PERISTALSIS)
where the muscle before and around the lump of food relax and the muscle behind contracts, squeezing the food along a bit so you get a wave of relaxation and contraction pushing the food down.
What are the four accessory organs and what are their functions?
I think it,s the Gallbladder,liver, and pancreas. The function of the pancreas is to manufacture pancreatic juice, which aids digestion when fed into the small intestine. The liver,s function is to break down poisons chemically into less toxic compounds so that they can be more easily eliminated by the rest of the body.
Finally the function of the Gallbladder is to store and concentrate bile until it is needed in the small intestine for digestion.
How long does it take food to pass through the digestive track?
The amount of time it takes for food to travel from the esophagus to the stomach in an average, healthy human being is 5 to 6 seconds. Food then stays in the stomach for 2 to 4 hours before passing through to the small intestine.
LYSOMES
Yes, Eggs contain a lot of proteins.
Much more than fish.
But you can not compare a egg with 50 gramms with a lachs that weights 250g... but when you take the same portion/weight of it than the egg will win
What does saliva do to food you eat?
yes. it also mushes the food into a ball, with the help of your tongue, and covers it to make it slide easier down the esophagus. the ball of food is called a bolus.
How do the endocrine and digestive systms work together?
The endocrine system causes the release of digestive hormones. The digestive tract also signals the endocrine system as to the presence of food.
Why do intestinal parasites such as tapeworms have poorly developed digestive systems?
The tapeworm is an intestinal parasite that does not contain a digestive system since its body is designed to absorb digested food from its host.
What nutrients are digested in the small intestine?
The small intestine is where nearly all of the nutrients are digested. The stomach breaks down the food into a liquid and the colon absorbs water.
How do nutrients get to the rest of the body from the digestive system?
Nutrients are absorbed by small intestine. They are presented to the liver for processing. Then they are sent to the rest of the body via blood.
How do the digestive and nervous systems interact?
Not exactly. In a way, it does because when you have to go, your brain gives off electrical responses warning you to go, which is from the nervous system. But the digestive process really had nothing to do with the nervous system otherwise.
Is digesting your burger a physical change?
Digestion of any sort is actually a Chemical Change. For the enzymes in your stomach change the makeup of the substance to make it usable for the body.
