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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.
7,599 Questions
Give the pH of a solution used to cure acid indigestion?
Your's is the intleligent approach to this issue.
How is the small intestine designed to absorb digested food?
The digested food is taken up by the walls of the small intestine. The inner lining of the small intestine has numerous finger-like projections called villi which increase the surface area for absorption.
The villi are richly supplied with blood vessels which take the absorbed food to each and every cell of the body, where it is utilized for obtaining energy, building up new tissues and the repair of old tissues.
Does the effectiveness of pepsin depend on pH?
yuppp that's why the stomach acid is so acidic, it will only work in a very acidic environment
Which digestive organ is the last organ food passes through before reaching your stomach?
large intestine
it is not the large intestine is the anus
What roles do enzyme play in digestion?
Enzymes are proteins that act as biological catalysts. Catalysts are substances that accelerate a chemical reaction. They decrease the activation energy of a chemical reaction.
All animals except sponges and single-celled organisms digest their food?
they digest it in a one-way gut.
Where does peristalsis move food to?
Peristalsis starts in the back of the tongue and moves food down the esophagus to the stomach. The food is later squeezed into the small intestines where peristalsis moves the food 'bolus' (BOW-luss) down the small intestines to the large intestine, or colon.
Peristalsis in the colon moves the bolus into the rectum, which makes you feel like you have to go to the bathroom. Peristalsis in the colon and rectum force the bolus down and out and into the toilet.
Does physical or chemical digestion take place with the tongue?
chemical digestion due to the saliva breaking down food or other things in your mouth.
Digestion is necessary because for energy from the food to be released and carried into the cells in our body the food must be broken down into soluble molecules for it to diffuse into the cells. Then energy is released during respiration.
What does the skin and esophagus function?
the skin and oesophagus have one similar function which includes transportation.
What does it mean if I have hot flashes loss of appetite and an upset stomach without throwing up?
it could mean morning sickness which occurs during pregnancy morning sickness ocurs aroun6 to 8 weeks after conception, you can get morning sickness all through ou the day and it can consist of throwing up our not
Why are low levels of amylase not a serious health problem?
Hypoamylasemia (low levels of amylase) is rare. Amylase is normally found in the mouth and intestines (source pancreas), but bacteria in the colon can also break down starches. The body can also convert proteins into sugar as well so that the condition is fairly well compensated.
Names of the urinary system organs?
the urinary system it is the meaning is ta meaning
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In the small intestine where enzymes from the pancreas and small intestine finsh the job
How long is a fetal pigs spleen?
Since pigs and humans are so much alike, the pigs spleen is only half of a humans. This is so, because, humans are bigger than pigs, so it only makes sense that pigs' spleen is half the size of a human being's. :)
How long does it take for ice cream to digest?
It's said that it takes about 4-8 hours for ice cream to fully digest.
