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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 would occur if the digestive did not function properly?
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Why do animals need a digestive system?
Plants are producers. They obtain their nourishment from photosynthesis. They do not need to digest food. There are some exceptions to this: The plant pipe and mistletoe live as parasites. Carnivorous plants utilize animals to provide nitrogen. They receive no energy from their prey.
What are the activities of the digestive system regulated by?
Insulin is released in the postprandial phase (i.e. after eating meal) and leads to glycolysis and glycogenesis, as well as storing of triglycerides in hepatocytes.
Glucagon works on the opposite, slowing down storage of nutrients and increasing the level of glucose in the blood by upregulating glycogenolysis, inhibiting the Krebs' Cycle, and inhibiting glycogenesis. GLucagon does not have activity in the muscle cells, and is only active in the liver.
Those are the two main big players, though somatostatin, ghrelin, pancreatic polypeptide and CCK are also of great importance.
Indigestion tablet base or acid?
Indigestion tablets (antacids) may contain: CaCO3, MgCO3, Al(OH)3, Mg(OH)2, NaHCO3, KHCO3, etc.
All these substances dissolved make an alkaline solution - to neutralize the excess of hydrochloric acid from the stomach and to control of the gastric pH.
The role of teeth in digestion?
The teeth are responsible for mechanical digestion. Food is broken down and crushed into smaller pieces so as to increase the surface area. This allows digestive chemicals to break down and access the complex substances easier.
How do you get rid of the egg burps?
It's the trace gases found in intestinal gas that are responsible for the smell. Hydrogen sulfide produces the rotten egg smell. This type of intestinal gas contains a high level of sulfur compounds from foods that have a high sulfur content. Meat, eggs and cauliflower are three of these foods. Take a close look at your diet, especially recently, and eliminate or reduce any foods that fall into this category. Then pick up any OTC anti-gas product that contains simethicone to rid yourself of the gas that you already have.
Which organ is responsible for detoxifying alcohol from the body?
Your liver is the main organ that deals with digesting alcohol, drinking alcohol sends it to the stomach, and it then goes directly to the liver, with breaks down the enzymes that make it up in the first place.
Is amylase found in other parts of the digestive system?
Amylase is produced by the salivary glands and pancreas.
In humans, amylase is found in saliva, blood, and urine. The majority of amylase is found in the mouth, this enzyme is the chemical digestion that breaks down starch into smaller saccharides.
Under normal conditions only low levels are found in the blood and urine; higher levels are found if the pancreas or salivary glands become blocked or damaged. Therefore raised levels in the blood or urine can be indicators of pancreatic diseases (such as pancreatitis).
Organs that are part of the digestive system?
The digestive system consists of the tongue, esophagus, stomach, intestines, liver, gall bladder, appendix, and rectum.
Is food digesting in your mouth a chemical or physical change?
the chewing in the mouth is part of digesting of food particularly carbohydrates. It is the only part of physical change because the food is only broken down to digestable particles. The rest of digestion (including the small intestines and stomach) are the parts encountering chemical change due to many enzymes and acids participating. The End.
Digestion/from the mouth the food goes to the stomach
the stomach is highly acidic this acid breaks various bonds in your food and which will allow the food to be better absorbed farther along in process.
What does the gallbadder do in the digestive system?
Bile is produced in the liver and is stored in the the gall bladder. When fatty foods move from the stomach into the small intestine, bile is released into the small intestine to help digest the fat.
What type of digestive system does nematodes posses?
Well I do remember reading in my 'Life Science' textbook last year the roundworm has a 2 way digestive system. I believe it goes through the mouth, into the intestines, absorbed in through the body and out the other way. I know for sure a roundworm has a 2 way digestive system. I just read my homework, lol. It says on a worksheet, "Science Explorer Life Science" Roundworms have a two-way digestive system and open at both ends. Hope I helped!
How long does it take to digest gum for conclusion?
from Michael Picco, M.D.
"Although chewing gum is designed to be chewed and not swallowed, it isn't harmful if swallowed. Folklore suggests that swallowed gum sits in your stomach for seven years before it can be digested. But this isn't true. If you swallow gum, it's true that your body can't digest it. But the gum doesn't sit in your stomach. It progresses relatively intact through your digestive system and is excreted in your stool.
On rare occasions, large amounts of swallowed gum combined with constipation have caused intestinal blockage in children."
Source: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/digestive-system/AN01006
How long does it take for semen to digest?
The same way you digest everything else. Except maybe pennies and other matter that refuses to break down in your stomach. Those items just come back out the other end eventually.
Pretty much your stomach acids will take care of it.
Is there a cure for smelly poo?
Smelly farts are caused by the build up of gases in your large intestines i.e your colon and caecum. These gases include methane(which is produced in everyone in varying quantities) and hydrogen sulphide(which is produced by bacteria in your colon respiring anaerobically (without oxygen)). These bacteria are normal in your gut, however, due to a poor diet and lack of water faecal movement is restricted, allowing these bacteria to further breakdown the faecal matter, releasing the gases!!!
To prevent this you need to drink at least 8-10 glasses(250ml) of WATER NOT tea or coffee or beers (which are all diuretics-cause your body to lose water).Water is needed to soften the stool to allow easy movement.
You also need to have at least 3-5 serving of fruits and vegetables per day! . Good ones are broccoli, spinach, cabbage, lettuce, apples, bananas, watermelon and so on.
These are rich in fibre which add bulk to the feaces so movement is easier. Bran flakes, oats and other wholegrain cereals are also good!
(Answer from Akram) The best medicine which I found successful cure for this was Black seed (Nigella Sativa). Just put 50 to 70 seeds in your mouth and chew it well before swallow it. You better take this seeds 3 times after meal for few weeks.
Sayings of Islamic Prophet Muhammad underline the significance of black cumin. According to a hadith narrated by Abu Hurairah, he says, "I have heard the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, saying that the black granules (kalonji) is the remedy for all diseases except death."
How long will it take for your food to digest?
It actually depends on the type of food eaten. Most food you eat is completely digested, mouth to anus. in 12 to 48 hours. Some, and this is contingent upon your metabolism, can take as long as 72 hours.
What parts of your body make up the respiratory system?
The respiratory system contains the following:
nose, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchial tubes, lungs, capillaries and mouth.
in order:
-noes
-mouth
-pharynx
-epiglottis
-larynx
-tranchea
-bronchi
-aveoli
-lungs
-capillaries
p.s- don't worry this imfomation is from the book ( text book)
your lungs and air tube
Functions of the digestive enzymes amylase?
Carbohydrates -- Salivary amylase breaks the covalent bonds between glucose molecules in starch and other polysaccharides to produce the disaccharides maltose and isomaltose. Maltose and isomaltose have a sweet taste; thus, the digestion of polysaccharides by salivary amylase enhances the sweet taste of food.
What is the function of each organ in the digestive system?
They filter out the food that we eat some keeps the nutrients we eat out of the food and the others get rid of what we don't need.
- Mouth-to tear and grind food, mechanical digestion, the mouth has 32 teeth
- Salivary Gland- 3 pairs, release saliva which moistens food and helps you swallow. It also contains the enzyme amylase which breaks down starch molecules into sugar
- Epiglottis- closes the trachea to prevent choking
- Esophagus- swallowing pushes food into esophagus, a tubular passageway to the stomach
- Stomach- squeezes, sloshes, and mixes food, adds hydrochloric acid and pepsin which changes food into a thick liquid called chyme.
- Small Intestine- chemical substances break down complex sugars into simple sugars into proteins into amino acids and emulsify fats.
- GallbladderÂ- emulsify means to change into small drops. Bile- produced in the liver and stored in the gallbladder
- Pancreas- adds more digestive chemicals to the chyme as the chime travels through the small intestine. Trypsin- breaks proteins into amino acids. These amino acids enter the circulatory system where they are transported to the liver for storage, but some are sent directly to cells.
- Large intestine- The last step of digestion is called absorption. It occurs when nutrients pass through the wall of the small intestine and enters the circulatory system. Only waste remains in the small intestine after absorption occurs. They enter the large intestine where water is removed from the wastes and returned back into the body. This process is called reabsorption.
- Rectum and Anus- After reabsorption waste collects in the last 4-6 inches of the large intestine. This part of the large intestine is called the rectum. Defecation occurs when waste products are moved through an opening called the Anus.
How does bile leave the hepatocytes?
The bile produced by hepatocytes drains into canaliculi, which are small channels that take the bile to the bile ductules. These eventually merge to become the common bile duct, which opens into the duodenum (the first part of the small intestine).
