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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 does the word 'turd' mean?

Considered vulgar, the word can represent either a slang word for a formed section of feces, or it is used to refer to a person who is obnoxious or contemptible.

Is the esophagus a common passageway for respiration and digestion?

No, the esophagus only functions in digestion. The trachea is the passageway for respiration.

Is poop a thing?

yes it is what people do when they go #2

Is there any use of an appendix?

In the animals with this organ, the appendix appears to store good bacteria to help the animal with its digestive process.

Can infants digest chewing gum?

The main component in modern chewing gum is a synthetic latex polymer of the same origin as the "rubber" in car tires.. It does not digest in any animals digestive system. Neither does it hang out inn the digestive system as some folk tales would have us believe. It passes out of the body with all the other undigested solid waste within a few hours.

At one time chewing gum was made from natural latexes made from the latex sap of the sapodilla tree (native to Central America). This sap was called chicle. Duringr World War II chemists learned to make synthetic rubber which came to replace most natural rubber in chewing gum (e.g., polyethylene and polyvinyl acetate). The last U.S. manufacturer to use chicle is Glee Gum.

What is the digestion process?

First, the food is in the mouth, where it is chemically digested by enzymes in the saliva, and mechanically digested by the teeth. Next, the food goes down the esophagus, and it takes about 6 seconds. The food then goes in the stomach, where churning occurs. That's the mechanical digestion. The chemical digestion is the gastric juice. Next, it goes through the duodenum, and into the small intestine. The mechanical is..idk...and the chemical is the bile.The nutrients and vitamins are absorbed into the blood. Then the food goes into the large intestine, where the water is sucked out of the un-digested waste and arrives at the rectum waiting to be released by the anus.

*flush*

Where does the chemical digestion of lipids begin?

In the mouth

Precisely in the salivary glands because there are enzymes that are being produced

Why is digestion an essential stage in feeding?

It is important for digestion to take place as part of feeding. The process helps break down food particles that the body can absorb the necessary nutrients.

The Cecum contains microorganisms which digest cellulose.Why would the presence of these microorganisms be important in the process of digestion?

Herbivorous mammals don't secrete the enzymes required to digest cellulose. They sub-contract the work of cellulose digestion to guest bacteria. The bacteria are provided with a home and lots of food in exchange.

Humans don't do this. We have no capacity to digest cellulose. The appendix is the remnant of the Caecum in the human.

Is feces smooth or bumpy?

In fact it could be smooth or bumpy, it mostly depends on what foods you eat.

What is a closed digestive system?

a closed digestive system is when your digestive system is blocked and it stops the food that you eat from getting into your blood stream so the food you eat won't do you any good

Is the esophagus the organ through which swallowed food pushes?

Yes, the esophagus carries food from your mouth to your stomach.

How do you get antritis?

Arthritis is an inflammatory disease. It can be caused by family history, the person's gender, age, and obesity. There are treatments available but no cure.