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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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Is salivary amylase able to digest cellulose?

Salivary amylase is not able to digest cellulose. Amylase has the ability to digest starch but cellulose is a fibre which in indigestible.

What are the answers to the indigestion logic puzzle?


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Do Canadians go to the bathroom?

As a matter of fact Canadians do not go to the bathroom because they have enormously large bladders which are able to hold it all in for hundreds of years.

Approximately how long does the whole digestion process take?

Digestion time varies between individuals and between men and women. After you eat, it takes about six to eight hours for food to pass through your stomach and small intestine. Food then enters your large intestine (colon) for further digestion, absorption of water and, finally, elimination of undigested food.

What is the pH of stomach fluids?

It is very acidic like HClO so it can vary from 1 to 2. =)

At what point in the digestive process is food officially inside the body?

Technically speaking, the point at which nutrients pass from the small intestine into the bloodstream is the moment they are officially inside the body.

Can they treat inflamed appendix with medicines?

Absolutely not!. An inflamed appendix is a medical emergency and must be treated immediately.

Are parasites contagious from one human to another human?

i am pretty sure that they can be just like ring worm and stuff like that

What is excretion process in the anus?

Excretion means getting rid of, the process is the process of getting rid of your excretorial wastes, or your stool.

Discuss the path that the food takes in the digestive system?

The food first enters your mouth, then travels down you esophagus. Then it enters your stomach where it is broken down farther. Then it travels through the duodenum, through your small intestines, through your large intestines. If then goes through your colon, solid waste leaves your body by way of the anus.

Why do you have feces?

Feces is a product of the inability to digest certain types of food. Due to the diversity of organic nutrients and structure, it is impossible for an organism to break apart every type of nutrient encountered. One example is cellulose ("fiber"), which is a carbohydrate. Cellulose is found in the cell walls of vegetables. A human digestive system cannot hydrolyze cellulose (certain prokaryotes can), and the cellulose is passed through the alimentary canal as waste/feces.

Why do you hear grumbling sounds from your abdomen?

This is normal. It is called "borborigmy" by some scientists. It is caused in the stomach because after the food has been digested and sent to the intestines, the stomach is only churning air. This causes the noise, which sounds like "borborigmy borborigmy".

Which two organs help break down food mechanically?

The stomach and mouth are two organs that provide mechanical breakdown of food. Bile in the small intestine also performs physical digestion.

How much weight can a typical residential ceiling support?

that is determined by a few factors. the size and spacing of the roofing members, and also the pitch of the roof. there are standard and accepted calculations in the industry and can most likely be found at a local building supply or library.

What are 4 ways the small intestine is well adapted to its function?

The walls of the small intestine are covered in millions of tiny finger-like ... (it's a type of tissue), this tissue is adapted to help the small intestine carry out it's function...In what ways are the small intestine adapted for their roles

What is the purpose of the haustra in the large intestines?

The haustra are formed by the taenia coli running along the colon. Because the taenia coli is shorter, pouches (haustra) form . These each move about every 25 minutes and so move the food from one to the next. The filling of these causes them to contact.