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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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Is it possible for food from your mouth to go into the stomach even when you are upside down explain it?

Yes because your neck muscles are strong enough to push your food into your stomach even if your upside down

Though sitting upside down puts extra strain on your heart, making breathing slightly faster, eating upside down can be potentially dangerous in the aspect that most people inhale their food rather than swallow. Yes, as the other user said above, it is possible, but not because of the muscles in the throat. When you swallow, the muscles of the throat can, however, manage to push your food into the upper esophageal sphincter which pushes food into the esophagus, a narrow passage of muscles which is barely affected by your gravity. As the muscles of the esophagus contract, your food is pushed down (or in this case up) into the lower esophageal sphincter which quickly opens at the last second to allow your food passage into the stomach. In a simpler form, it's not about the strength, but the fact that the muscles are so tight and the process is so fast that gravity really has no affect on the process.

Which part of food is not digested?

Cellulose

Answer:To be a nutrient a food material has to be digested and incorporated into the body as stored fat, converted to muscle or other protein, or converted to energy. So no nutrient as "not digested"/ Non-nutrient materials which provide other functions are fiber and water, and minerals asn trace chemicals such as salt, iron, zinc. Vitsmins can be regarded as supplimental to the body's own production.

fibre can not be digested

How is food digested in the mouth?

The end product of the mouth in digestion is bolus. In the mouth , the teeth working with the tongue break food mechanically into small pieces and mush it into a bolus. A bolus is a small, oval mass of material that eventually moves through the entire digestive tract.

Nsikan Esenowo.

How does the stomach contribute to chemical digestion?

Stores And Helps Break Down Food Into Very Small Particles.

What influences your appetite?

A decrease in appetite can be caused by sickness, being full (having just/recently eaten a large meal), or viewing something especially unpleasent. An increase in appetite can be caused by stress, anger, or basically any emotion. (ex: people eat when they are nervous) Or it could simply be caused by a long lack of food. (People that were at one point expeirencing starvation in their life may for the rest of their life have a larger-than-normal appetite. Genetics can, as almost always, play a role in the size of one's appetite. (ex: He has an appetite as large as his father's!)

What is a high level of neutrophils?

In medical term a neutrophil count is considered abnormally high if it rises above 8000. A neutrophil count this high could is usually due to excessive stress to the body which may be due to exercise, seizures or nervousness. It could also be due to trauma to the body resulting in tissue damage or it could be due to a bacterial infection of some sort.

Does the liver digest protein?

It creates amino acids which collects mrkhthen the amino acids brake and makes proteins

Does the small intestine break up molecules?

Enzymes in the small intestine can break larger molecules such as proteins into smaller molecules such as amino acids. These enzymes are either produced in the pancreas and taken to the first part of the small intestine by the pancreatic duct or some enzymes may be produced by the lining of the small intestine called the "brush border" in the first part of the small intestine. Large molecules such as proteins or starch need to be broken down to smaller molecules before they can be absorbed into the bloodstream and beusableto the person's body cells.

What organs are not part of the alimentary canal?

The pancreas and the liver are the body organs that are not part of the alimentary canal. The liver and the pancreas are the organs that are not part of the alimentary canal.

Why are the differences in the pH of the mouth stomach and small intestine important for digestion?

The saliva need to be gentle enough at 7 pH to make foods small enough to swallow safely. The stomach needs to have strong acidity, at a 1 or 2 pH, to break down proteins into amino acids. The small intestine is where almost all of the absorption of the smaller portions are absorbed into the blood. The normal pH of the blood is close to 7 so the pH of the small intestine is 7.4.

How long does it take tomatoes to digest?

AFAIK, all solid food matter takes the same time which is 6 hours - 3 days

IS WRONG--- here is a list of foods- and how long they take

(Still written by the same person

As "Hevensent" I had a typo in my screen name

Digestion Time Of Foods *

1 1/4 Hours

parsley

1 1/2 Hours

lemon

Irish moss

1 3/4 Hours

avocado

grapes

mango

olive, ripe

raspberry

2 Hours

blueberry

sweet cherry

grapefruit

orange

raisin

coconut milk

artichoke

beet greens

garlic

potato

tomato

brown rice

2 1/4 Hours

fig, fresh

pear, fresh

pineapple

strawberry

asparagus

carrot

cauliflower

lettuce: cos, loose leaf, iceberg

2 1/2 Hours

blackberry

date

fig, dried

gooseberry

peach, fresh

almond

dandelion

greens

leek

mushroom

okra

lima

bean

white rice

basmati rice

Note: Foods beyond this time should not

be eaten 3 hours prior to bedtime.

2 3/4 Hours

apple, fresh

apricot, fresh

currant

peach, dried

plum

watermelon

chestnut

coconut meat, fresh

pecan

pignolia

beet

summer squash

wheat bran

3 Hours

lime

prune, dried

filbert nut

walnut

broccoli

cabbage

Swiss chard

sweet corn

endive (escarole)

kohlrabi

rhubarb

spinach

winter squash

white bean

lentil

soybean

wheat germ

3 1/4 Hours

cranberry

cantaloupe

casaba melon

honeydew melon

olive oil

pomegranate

cashew nut

coconut meat, dried

celery

cucumber

onion

sweet green pepper

pumpkin

radish

rutabaga

sweet potato

turnip greens

watercress

snap bean

peas, fresh

peanut

millet

3 1/2 Hours

safflower oil

sesame seed oil

eggplant

mustard

greens peas, dried

soybean oil

rye

3 3/4 Hours

persimmon

quince

red cabbage

barley

wheat

4 Hours

Brussels sprouts

horseradish

turnip

What lymphatic duct absorbs fat from the digestive system?

The cisterna chyli collects lymph from the two lumbar trunks which drain the lower limbs and it collects lymph from the intestinal trunk which drains the digestive organs. So, yes it receives lymph drainage from the digestive organs. It is mainly responsible for"white-fat" drainage, as the name implies. Most people are unaware that the lymphatic system is what moves the fats around in your body.

Why are human stools smelly?

when caca comes out of your butt it becomes smelly because of the oxygen.

If you have brise R you can make it smell different, like chicken.

For examole if you eat candy caca will smell to your you cat. If you don't believe it look for it in www.caca/smelly/why.com

How do the body absorb food?

The body absorbs food by the food molecules like starch or gluten are broken down so the can fit through the small gaps in the small intestine, therefore going into our blood steam.

How E. coli helps in digestion?

Ecoli is a kind of bacteria that lives in your intestines. This special kind uses enzymes to break down the food particles. This bacteria emits gas, which is why you flatulate. Ecoli is a kind of bacteria that lives in your intestines. This special kind uses enzymes to break down the food particles. This bacteria emits methane gas as a waste product, which is why you flatulate... Yes, you can light your farts on fire.

What are the effects of coffee on the digestive system and excretory system?

Coffee can act as a laxitive, so if you find you are using the bathroom more often, cut back on the coffee and see if that helps. . It has an acid in its make up so it can cause stomach pain in some people.

How does emulsification speed up digestion?

as we know enzymes assist in chemical digestion as they act on food, such as fat molecules, and break them down into simpler forms we can absorb. Bile salts, formed in the liver and secreted from gall bladder into the small intestine, act to emulsify large fat globules into smaller fat droplets. Emulsification is the process of breaking things into smaller parts (much like how detergents work). The basically break apart the fat molecules and cover them in a 'soapy' shield which prevents them from joining back together. This gives the fat molecules a larger surface area on which the enzymes can act to break them down. thus, the emulsification of fats helps their digestion by enzymes as the process creates a larger surface area on which the enzymes can work.

Why does my Stomach ache when eating certain foods?

well it goes by what you eaten chocolate and coke and jelly sweets are ok to eat but eat to many you do get sick really if you eat the same foods over and over again you have a stomach ache and maybe be sick