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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 does digestion work in a giraffe?
Many herbivores do not have upper incisors (the teeth on the top jaw in the very front that cut food), cutting the plants with their lips instead. However, all herbivores need their molars (the big flat teeth at the back of the mouth) for grinding the mouthfuls of food. A herbivore's molars are big and ridged for better grinding. Herbivore skulls have spaces for big muscles to be attached to move their jaws for so much chewing. Plants, particularly grasses, are very hard to digest. Animals that eat plants need to have a particular bacteria inside their bodies to help break down the tough plants so that they release nutrients. This process is called fermentation.
a giraffe has 4 parts to their stomachs:
Food goes to the first parts, called the rumen (say room-in) and the reticulum (say reh-tick-you-lm), where some digestion takes place. Later on this food, now called cud, is brought back up into the animal's mouth to be chewed more. This is called chewing the cud. The cud is then swallowed and goes into the third and fourth parts of the stomach, called the omasum (say oh-ma-sm) and abomasum (say uh-boe-ma-sm), where digestion continues. Ruminants do not need to drink very much water because there is moisture in and on the plants they eat.
What animal has the same digestive system as rabbit?
a horse has the same digestive system as a rabbit
Is nausea a symptom of irritable bowl syndrome?
i to have ibs and can confirm that it does indeed give you nausea
Which accessory organs releases its secretions into the GI tract?
The Gallbladder, the Pancreas, and the Salivary glands.
Can the digestive system cause fainting?
depends, If you don't eat for a long time it is possible, but you could also die if you don't take in any water or food. Your digestive system is designed to break up food and drink you take in. Then your body gets the nutrience out of it
Does your food go down in the stomach or intestine first?
It goes through the stomach first and then the small intestine.
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Does the digestive juices in the stomach harm the baby?
No. The placenta won't let the virus transfer to the baby. All is well. No! I had a stomach virus at 8 weeks pregnant and the doc told me that the baby would be fine. Just keep yourself as hydrated as possible and I hope you feel better. No. As long as it does not last too long and that you can keep some liquids and food down and not dehydrate yourself. Good luck and God Bless:)
What is the necessity of finger like projections in digestive system?
They are there to increrase the surface area so more absorbtion can take place.
What organ produces a mucoid barrier to prevent self-digestion?
The stomach contains mucous neck cells that make mucous to coat the epithelial cells lining the stomach. Without the mucous, the acidity and pepsin in the stomach would break down the lining of the stomach and create ulcers.
If you have indigestion in the center of your stomach, it could be acid reflux. If it is traveling over to the right, it may have to do with your intestines. The only way to know, and get a correct diagnosis, is to see a doctor.
How does the digestive system do the opposite of the excretory system?
Because the digestive system contains the intestines which pass the food to the kidneys so that they can excrete
What are the three organs that help in the digestive system?
The three accessory organs of digestion are the liver, pancreas, and gallbladder.
- The liver delivers bile to the duodenum (the first section of the small intestine) first through the hepatic duct and then through the common bile duct. (It also delivers bile to the gallbladder to get concentrated through the cystic duct.)
- The pancreas delivers digestive enzymes to the duodenum through the common bile duct.
- The gallbladder delivers concentrated bile to the duodenum first through the cystic duct and then through the common bile duct.
What process involves muscle contractions that move food through the esophagus molecules?
Different types of muscle contractions
How do memaids go to the the bathroom?
Mermaids are imaginary creatures. Your imagination can determine how you think they go to the bathroom.
How long does it take food to digest and come out of your body as waste?
Between 12 & 72 hours. Depends on what you eat.
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