Digestive System

Salivary amylase (ptyalin)α-Amylase is an /Enzyme that Hydrolysis alpha-bonds of large alpha-linked Polysaccharide such as Starch and Glycogen, yielding Glucose and Maltose. It is the major form of Amylase found in humans and other mammals.It is also present in seeds containing starch as a food reserve, and is secreted by many fungi.in short it digests STARCH(carbohydrates)

I saw the person looking at me, what was I to do?

I was a tasty turkey sandwich with cheese, lettuce, and tomato too!

I was on the picnic blanket just waiting to be taken

So the person came up and grabbed me, he was attracted by my bacon!

I knew he was going to eat me, down the digestive system I was about to go

And then before I knew it, I was covered in saliva from head to toe (Or slice to slice in my case)

The amylase in the human's mouth changed my bread from starch to sugar,

I winced as I looked down at myself as an ugly bolus; I used to be quite the looker!

Down the esophagus I went, smiling the whole way down,

It was like an amusement park ride, how could somebody frown?

The stomach came next, the pepsin eating at my turkey

I got tumbled around and the acid burned, but still, I tried to stay perky

I was off to the small intestine, gross, I know how it sounds

But there digestive "juices" continued to break me down

Bile attacked my fat, and little villi tickled my bread,

My nutrients were getting absorbed "Stop, that tickles!" I said

Next came the large intestine, I became very hot and dry

All of the water left inside me got absorbed, then I continued right on by

I finally make my way to the rectum all my waste products get secreted

And out the anus I go, I process that cannot be repeated

That's my story as a turkey sandwich, delicious as can be

But just a word of advice, try your best not to end up digested, like me

Starches

The gastric juice needs to be acid so that it can break down the food to go to the intestine. The muscles of the stomach wall contract vigorously so that the food is mixed with the gastric juice. Pepsinogen is made by the presence of gastric juice. This digests protein. Seeing, smelling, tasting or thinking about food starts the production of gastric juice.

Maybe 50 cents, if you can find someone who will pay you 50 cents for it.

The approximate length in adult human is 30 feet

It is the stomach

Heat energy, mechanic energy, and new chemical energy.

Your body isn't meant to digest non plant material (contrary to what everything is telling us today). Plant fats (such as avocado) are, however, alkaline (as opposed to animal fat and protein being acid) easy to digest and a super food.

Yes, the tongue is involved in the first stage of digestion, mastication, inwhich food is broken down mechanically into smaller pieces. Additonally, salivary glands begin the digestion of carbohydrates by secreting salivary amylase, which begins the breakdown of carbs and sugar.

Colon cleansing is the cleansing of the Large Intestine (colon). It's actually like having a super large enema given to you.

I can be done through hydrotherapy, or through a regime of dietary supplements.

Carbohydrate digestion starts with the mastication (chewing of the mouth). There, the salivary amylase begins to break down the carbs into monosaccharides.

Protein digestion begins in the stomach. Pepsin comes into play here and various enzyme proteases do as well

The stomach is where the food is broke down. By acids produced inside the stmoach.

Duodenum

The pharynx is an anatomical region that is located posterior to the oral and nasal cavities. There are muscles that make up the pharynx including the superior pharyngeal constrictor, the palatopharyngeus, stylopharyngeus and salpingopharyngeus.

It's more of a muscular tube than an actual muscle.

Protien is converted into muscle if you exercise, it is also essential for the body to repair tissue when injured. However, common to popular belief it doesn't turn into fat if you don't exercise, any excess protein just goes back out your body as waste.

A gullet opening is the opening of the second part of a frogs mouth. This is where this second opening begins.

Lipase breaks down dietary fats.

The pharaynx!

Potatoes are mostly starch, a type of carbohydrate. Your stomach only initiates the digestion of proteins and does not digest carbohyrates or fats. When carbohydrates are digested, it occurs in the duodenum, the first portion of the small intestines. Here they undergo both chemical and physical changes. The digestion of carbohydrates begin in the mouth with the secretion of salivary amylase. The physcial digestion is considered to be mechanical at this point and is produced by chewing (masticating) your potatoes.

What would happen if you swallow a straw I hope noting a little straw well I talked to a EMT yesterday and they said that I'll be fine it will go through my butt.

I hope they are right.

To digest cellulose, organisms must produce the enzyme cellulase. Humans and termites are unable to produce cellulase themselves but termites have living in their gut simple organisms (protozoa and bacteria) which can produce the enzyme. This is an example of mutualism - a relationship between two species in which both organisms benefit. The protoza and bacteria benefit by receiving a constant supply of food (wood) from the termite. The termite benefits from the energy-rich sugar released from the cellulose by the termites. For more details see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Termite

In cell biology, molecular biology and related fields, the word intracellular means "inside the cell". Intercellular:Between cells, as in an intercellular bridge. so when the digestion get complete inside the stomach then it passes the nutreints bt the cells .which is called intercellular digestion, & furthur the dig. occur inside the cells is called intracellular dig.