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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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What system does skin in the lining of the digestive system belong to?

No, has nothing to do with digesting food. it's your bodies outer covering.

What is the purpose of villi and microvilli in the digestive tract?

The villi in the small intestine are small finger like projections, which increase surface area for the absorption of nutrients. They is richly supplied with blood vessels, which get nutrients from here and transport them to the rest of the body.

In the early 1800s Dr William Beaumont gained importaint information about human digestion from studying a man who due to a gunshot wound had a permanent hole in his stomach who is the patient?

In my textbook it says that Alexis st Martin was his patient, St martin had been shot but the wound never healed and a hole was left. so Beaumont used this to disscover things about the digestive system.

What are the mechanical processes of digestion?

The mechanical digestion processes in the large intestine is commonly referred to as peristalsis. The colon is the last stop in the digestive system and this where liquids are extracted from non-nutritive food waste before excretion.

What are factors affect the rate at which food is being digested?

Smoking can harm all parts of the digesive system, contributing to such common disorders as heartburn and peptic ulcer? smoking increases the risk of Crohn's disease and possibly gallstones, which form when liquid stored in the gallbladder hardons into pieces of stone-like material. Smoking also damages the liver.

Where in the digestive tract are most nutrients absorbed into the bloodstream?

I Learnt about this last year. we used a great website that was great help.kidshealth.org › Kids › How the Body Works

there's also a section for teens and Parents.

i believe what your looking for is in "Your Digestive System. i had a quick look and there was a page of what might be helpful.

there is much more on this website about how the body works.

What is digestion in simple words?

Digestion in humans is the process by which nutrients such as proteins, fats, and carbohydrates in the food consumed are broken down to its respective components.

What are the end products of starch digestion?

the end product of proteins are amino acids and the end product of starches are simple suggars.

thanks i hope i helped.

What system does the digestive system work with?

The circulatory system carries the nutrients from the food into the other body parts. And the excratory systemreleases the waste made from the food.

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How long is the esophagus?

25 centimeters
The oseophagus (or esophagus in america) is 25 centimeters (10 inches) long

10 inches (25 centimeters) long

What role does the digestive system play in keeping the human body alive?

WELL the digestive system does absolutly nothin =). to keep your body healthy eat junk food and ice cream. ice cream is dairy products which are healthy, and potato chips are vegetables! see? healthy

What are the two nutrients that can be absorbed without being digested?

Vitamin D (a vitamin truly crucial to mood and sleep stability) can be gotten by direct exposure to sunlight. I do not know of another vitamin that is obtained by non-food means.

What things can't be digested?

Humans cannot digest hair, rocks, glass, certain fats/oils, certain types of fiber, etc. The fact that some types of fiber cannot be digested is actually a good thing, since they help dilute sugars and clean the colon.