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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 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.

Are eggs easy to digest?

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.

Could you use baking soda solution to treat indigestion and a nettle sting?

Apparently you can use baking soda (according to home remedy web sites). I don't know what a nettle string is, but I'm gonna say that you shouldn't eat one.

However, there are generic OTC medications that can treat occasional indigestion cheaply (Walmart has a Zantac generic that is $4/box).

If the indigestion is a regular occurrence, you should see a doctor, because you may have a more serious underlying condition like an ulcer, which is easily treated when small but it could get worse and more difficult to treat.

Why doesn't stomach acid kill helicobacter pylori?

H. pylori is able to survive in stomach acid because it secretes enzymes that neutralize the acid. This mechanism allows H. pylori to make its way to the "safe" area: the protective mucous lining. Once there, the bacterium's spiral shape helps it burrow through the lining.

Why does your body not digest certain foods?

When your food is not digesting it could be a number of things. One in particular, gastroparesis or delayed stomach emptying. This can be further be described as paralysis in the stomach. Your stomach is not breaking down food properly or at all so you experience abdominal pain nausea and vomiting. This condition can be mild or it can severe. With "episodes" lasting for over a week. A stay in the hospital, intravenous fluids and medications for nausea and pain is the result. One thing you can do is change your diet!! Avoid foods that are harder to digest. Things high in fiber, raw vegetables, dairy, fruit with seeds and never eat the peal or potato skins. If you eat meat chop it up fine, avoid foods high in fat or greasy. There are good meal plans out there you can look up. There are medications to help stimulate your digestion talk to your doctor. Another form of therapy if this illness for people who have no relief with diet and medication is a gastric pacemaker. This is an implant device that delivers an electric charge to region where paralysis is present to stimulate the digestive tract. I recently received one and it has worked wonders. The nausea and vomiting has been cut down 80%. I have been in and out of the hospital for 10 years getting down to 72 pounds at one point. Since i received the stimulator in September I have gained 18 pounds and feel great. Getting a diagnosis was tricky I went through several doctors and two years ago I had a test called A Gastric Emptying Study. If you feel all has failed and your sick request this test. And keep on getting tests until you find whats wrong. You deserve a better quality of life.

What do you call the long tube in your body through which food passes after it leaves your stomach?

The food first goes to the small intestine and then to the large intestine. The tube itself is called the INTESTINE. Rohit Prasad

Why is amylase important to the body?

This enzyme is naturally occurring in human saliva. Its function is to begin the process of breaking down all those yummy starches and carbohydrates that we just have to have! It is getting to work on that sandwich you are holding right now.

Why do small droplets of fats get broken down by enzymes more quickly than large droplets?

The smaller droplets of fats get broken down more quickly due to them having a larger surface area.

I'll give you an example. Lets say for some reason you have 1 kilo gram of an evaporating substance which evaporates once it is heated to 80 degrees.

Now have the same amount of this substance but one crushed up into small balls and the other in a large chunk of blob. If you were to both place them in separate pans which reach 80 degrees at the same time, the one with the small balls would evaporate or in your case broken down so to the larger surface area.

How do our bodies break food down into useful nutrients?

Through digestion, we chew the food we eat and we swallow it. Then, it gets to the stomach where it is mixed together with water and other fluids. After that, the food is passed on to the intestine. Nutrients escape through the walls of the intestine into our blood. From there they are carried to all parts of the body. Most food leaves waste that the body cannot use. Some of it goes to the kidneys and turns into urine. The liver also filters out waste. What is left over passes through the large intestine and leaves our body.

What does the mouth and stomach do in mechanical digestion?

The mouth and stomach both play parts in the digestive system ;also in chemical and physical digestion.In chemical digestion, in the mouth the saliva is mixed with enzymes which breaks down food into bolus and in the stomach acids break down the food turning it into chyme.

In Physical digestion in the mouth the teeth tears the food and the stomach churns it.

A part of the digestive system between the mouth and the stomach?

The esophagus which is also known as the gullet.
throat
esophagus
esophagus is a tube which take the food from pharynx and pas it to a stomach
The "tube" that carries food from your throat to your stomach is called your esophagus.
gullet i think

Esophagus allows food to travel from mouth to stomach.
The esophagus is a tube like organ through which food passes from the pharynx to the stomach.
The tube leading to the stomach is known as the esophagus
is the esophagus
Its the esophagus.
It is called ESOPHAGUS.
Your esophagus.
The esophagus.
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The organ you are referring to is called the esophagus. It is the tube that connects the mouth to the stomach.
I think it's Esophagus

What should you do if your stomache hurts?

Abdominal distress is often connected to emotional problems. In any situation when there are chronic symptoms, especially pain, it is advisable to consult a physician.

What happens when the small intestine gets stuck?

If You really do have an "obstruction" in your Small Intestine, your Life is in danger of ending fast!

If this is real and not a rhetorical question, go to an ER Immediately!

FC, L.r.c.