Digestive System

No I once tried it and just pooped it out... seriously my poo was florescent green! Chlorophyll is found in plants, and plants and humans are very much different. If you don't believe me buy some and let the colourful poo flow through you. ;)

It takes the the food pulp from your stomach and continues to digest it as it travels through it. Your small intestine then absorbs the nutrients that the previous digestion of the food has made available. The texture of the food at this stage is typically that of runny applesauce (not to try to ruin your appetite for the food, haha) and as nutrients are taken out of the food it gradually begins to turn into bolus (or fecal matter). There are these ring like structures that line your small intestine called circular folds that help slow down the food as well to make sure that as much of it is digested and as many nutrients as possible are harvested from what you have eaten. After it reaches the end of the small intestine, it goes into the large intestine, which basically stores the bolus until the appropriate time to expell it from your body.

Because of enzyme specificity, enzymes require certain temperatures and pH's to work. Now I don't think there is a temperature change, but there is most certainly a pH change as the mouth has a near neutral pH while the stomach has a more acidic pH of about 2-3.

How We Digest Carbohydrate

In simple terms, our digestion system - from the mouth to the small intestine - is designed to break down disaccharides and polysaccharides into monosaccharides. This metabolism of carbohydrates is achieved through the secretion of a number of digestive enzymes into the gastrointestinal tract (especially in the duodenum) where they attack carbohydrates and gradually convert them into simple sugars like glucose so they can be absorbed into the blood. Digestive enzymes are like biological scissors - they chop long starch molecules into simpler ones.

In the Mouth

The process of digesting carbohydrates begins in the mouth. Our saliva contains an enzyme called amylase that starts breaking down the more complex carbs into simpler types.

In the Stomach

Enzyme activity continues in the stomach, but slows down significantly as digestive acids are released into the stomach by the glands.

In the Small Intestine

Another version of amylase is secreted by the pancreas into the duodenum (first section of small intestine). This cuts down carbohydrates into simple sugars - maltose, lactose and sucrose. As the carbohydrate passes further into the intestine, the enzymes maltase, lactase and sucrase chop maltose, lactose and sucrose into smaller bits, more easily absorbed, which are eventually converted to glucose and absorbed through the intestinal walls into the bloodstream.

Glucose Metabolism By The Liver

After carbohydrates are duly broken down into glucose, in the duodenum and jejunum of the small intestine, the glucose is absorbed into the bloodstream and taken to the liver, where it is stored or distributed to cells throughout the body for energy. In this way, the liver regulates blood glucose levels to provide sufficient energy for the body. For example, excess glucose (a cause of hyperglycemia) is converted in the liver to glycogen (glycogenolysis) in response to the hormone insulin, and stored. Likewise, if blood sugar levels fall, (eg. between meals), the glycogen is re-converted to glucose (glycogenolysis) in response to messages conveyed by the hormone glucagon, to prevent hypoglycemia. If glycogen levels are exhausted, glucagon can trigger the formation of glucose from some amino acids (protein) or glycerol (fats) - a process called gluconeogenesis.

What Determines Speed of Carb Digestion

Generally speaking, the speed of digestion is determined by the chemical nature of the carbohydrate itself, and thus how "resistant" it is to the activity of the enzymes. A simple sugar is much less resistant than a starch, and is digested or metabolized much faster. Things that slow down digestion include: the presence of acid (from gastric juices or the food itself), and the presence of soluble fiber.

Pancreatic amylase

Lipase

Pepsin

Salivary amylase

Maltase

Rennin (younger version of pepsin mostly found in babies)

Bile is made by liver cells (hepatocytes) and stored in the Gall Bladder

A hamsters digestive system takes about 10 mins

Because it is a mild poison and you have had too much of it. You body therefore rejects it.

The temperature of the food does not matter, because your body will warm it up or cool it down for your digestive system to do its work. Asian people prefer to have a warm liquid before a meal to aid in digestion and that makes sense if you think about how that might prepare it to secrete mucus and digestive juices. Very hot or very cold liquids may shock the stomach and cause digestion to be disrupted.

Emulsification by bile breaks up the fat into smaller particles. This process increases the surface area that can be acted upon by digestive enzymes like lipase.

Almost any organ you can name does not touch the food: heart, pancreas, gall bladder, brain, eyes, prostate gland, kidneys, liver, lungs, genitalia. None of these come in contact with the food.

Salivary glands, stomach, exocrine pancreas, and small intestine.

Food and liquids are digested from the mouth to the small intestine, including the stomach. Solid waste material is collected in the large intestine and passed through the colon out of the body.

I don't believe that it would be necessary for a "transplant "to do be done.It is possible for the pancreas to be removed and the islet cells that make insulin transplanted on to the liver or above the kidneys.

This is termed a total pancreatectomy with autologous islet cell transplant. People who have this procedure need enzymes to digest food for the rest of their life. Additionally, insulin is usually needed at minimal doses. With this type of procedure there is NO need for antirejection drugs.Pancreatitis is a terribly painful disease. One might ask howI know this information. I had this surgery 9-22-06, it has been the best thing that I could have ever done.

Please research for yourself, check out University of Minnesota transplant.(I won't put a link, as these change frequently then the information is unavailable).

The pancreas

lysosomes

The second step in digestion is your food going into your esophagus and traveling down into your stomach.

Yes, because of the fiber content.

The mouth is the part of the digestive system that comes first. It is in the mouth that food is partially broken down by chewing. It then passes on to the stomach, where enzymes start the digestive process.

The sac of digestive enzymes in a cell is called a lysosome. Lysosomes are found in most animal cells but not in red blood cells.

The spiders eat their food by their hollow fangs which give out venom. When the prey is near the spider bites it sending it's poisonous venom into the prey which makes the prey's tissue turn into mush so it is easy for the spider to eat it.

Yes bad vegies can make you sick. Usually veggies go bad due to bacteria. depending on the bacteria it can make you nausious to cause in some very rare cases kidney failure. Usually in all cases they taste horrible as well just don't eat bad veggies

You will die after the severe pain.

The small intestine is a long, narrow tube about 23 feet long. The large intestine is wider, but it is only about 5 feet long.