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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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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).
Why are the stomach and mouth near to the start of the digestive system?
This is because the mouth mechanically chew up your food for it to be safely swallowed and go through the stomach for it to digest. After it have been digested the digestive system will absorb the nutrients an acids for our body to function. Then the food has to come out and the digestion has been done.
What side is the appendix is located?
Your appendix is on the right side of your body. If you feel a sharp, consistent pain there, you should see a doctor.
More information from our contributors:
- To be a little more specific, it is in what we call the right lower quadrant of the abdomen; meaning if you divide your abdomen into four sections, it's in the lower one on the right. If you draw a diagonal line from your umbilicus (belly button) down to your hip bone on the right, the appendix is usually about 2/3 of the way down this line to the bone. However, certain conditions - such as pregnancy or previous surgery - can change the location of the appendix.
- Actually, although both are correct in that it is USUALLY found on the right side of the body, and Dr. B was very precise in his/her description of the location, there is a condition called situs inversus in which the internal organs are found on the opposite sides of the body - in which case, the appendix would be found on the left. While if ALL of the organs are reversed this causes no problems physiologically, it often causes great confusion because there is no consistent answer to the original question. Also, when an appendix is normally located, pressure applied to the left side of the abdomen often results in pain on the right. This is called Rovsing's sign and happens because the stretching of the peritoneum (the inner lining of the abdominal cavity) will cause pain only where the peritoneum is irritating the muscle tissue, which in most appendicitis cases is on the right. However, because abdominal nerves are poorly localized, sometimes the brain will interpret pain on the right as coming from the left, or pain on the left as coming from the right, and sometimes it will interpret pain from either side as coming from the middle.
- Normally it is on the right side, lower quadrant. However, each person is slightly different. About 1 in 500 have it on the right side, upper quadrant. There are others that have all of their internal organs reversed so that it would be on the left side, lower quadrant.
What are some digestive diseases?
Some of the digestive diseases include: Hirschsprungs Disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Colitis, Hepatitis, Liver failure, Hernia, Gallstones and stomach ulcers.
What four parts of the digestive system does food not pass through?
The salivary glands, the parotid gland, the pancreas and the gallbladder. All four of these secrete enzymes and/or hormones which are involved in digestion, but all four do not come into contact with food.
What molecules do lipids become during digestion?
Lipids are fats so they are either stored as fat or used as energy.
Digestive juices in the digestive tract include?
Mechanical digestion is the same thing as chewing, or mastication. It does not need any digestive juices, because that is considered chemical digestion. Chemical digestion in the mouth during chewing is mainly by the aid of saliva which has, among other enzymes, salivary amylase which initiates carbohydrate digestion.
What organs are common to both the respiratory and digestive tract?
Pharynx is the common organ in both systems because it takes food and air.
Where does your body absorb water vitamins and salt?
Water is collected throughout the body. Water, vitamins, and salt are absorbed in the small intestines. Fluid added to the small intestines to aid digestion is also pulled back out partly in the large intestines.
What are the 7 parts of the digestive system?
- stomach
- liver
- esophagus
- pancreas
- pharynx
these organs are all included in the digestive system
What fruits help with the digestive system most?
there are lots of fruits . but pupaya is on the top . after that you may eat guava and banana but in little quantity.
Which organ functions in both the digestive and excretory systems?
Well, this could be a good question for debate. The skin uses sweat to filter toxins from getting through the skin, but it also uses the action of evaporation of the sweat to regulate the body temperature. Also, the kidneys filter blood, but also collect the water from the blood to filter it, distribute it to the body, then flush any toxins in that water to the bladder for disposal. The body is such a miracle when you realize all that it does.
What organs comprise the tube of the digestive system?
From the esophagus to the anus, the digestive is basically a tube very similar to other tubular organs in the body. All such tubular organs are composed of several tissue layers arranged around a lumen. In a "generic" tubular organ, these layers are as follows (from the lumen to the ablumenal layer).
What type of muscle controls digestion?
Your intestines contain a medial layer of smooth muscle. When the smooth muscle in your intestines is innervated this causes contractions of those smooth muscles. This action then propels food through the intestines. This is called peristalsis. So, as far as I know there are no other muscle groups that aide in digestions. There are however, a plethora of chemicals and enzymes that assist in the digestive process.
How long does it take to digest a pepper?
Pepper does not generally digest, but rather passes thru the body. Pepper, if it does stay to digest, takes around 7 years. Pepper has anti-nausia charateristics, and is non harmful in proper amounts. No one in recorded history has died from ingesting pepper. Eat pepper! It tastes good!
It could be time to see a doctor. No one here knows your medical history, thus any opinion is just an opinion. While contributors are sincere in their efforts, they can be sincerely wrong. See a doctor for appropriate diagnosis and treatment. Early detection in critical to a cure.
