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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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How does the digestive system of a starfish work?
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Who discovered the digestive system?
when one soldier got a shoot in his stomach he had no connection with his intestine so the Dr William treated him and also work on digestive system and search it that how food gets in our body and where
What role do enzymes play during digestion?
The role an enzyme plays is it breaks down food like scissors would paper. So think of it as chemical scissors.
How does the pancreas prevent digesting itself with the peptidases it produces?
Pancreatic enzymes aren't "activated" until they reach the small intestine. If they're activated just after they're produced, pancreatitis can result as the enzymes try to digest the pancreas.
Pancreatitis is very painful and often fatal. I have a cat with chronic pancreatitis who has to take steroids, probiotics, nutritional supplements, and antibiotics. Pancreatic enzymes aren't "activated" until they reach the small intestine. If they're activated just after they're produced, pancreatitis can result as the enzymes try to digest the pancreas.
Pancreatitis is very painful and often fatal. I have a cat with chronic pancreatitis who has to take steroids, probiotics, nutritional supplements, and antibiotics.
This organ makes juices that break down protein in the smiall intestine?
There are 2 organs in the digestive system which secrete juices- STOMACH:It secretes gastric juice which contains pepsin for Protein digestion. SMALL INTESTINE:It is the site for the complete digestion. The intestinal juice finally breaks down carbohydrates to glucose, proteins to amino acids and fats to fatty acids or glycerol.
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.
