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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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Can you play after lunch?

Firstly, aggressive exercise after meal is strictly not recommended.

This is because after meal body take time to digest food. The body system will focus work on the digestive system of the body. The blood capillaries at the digestive system will be expand to allow more blood can flow through and help to transport the nutrient from the digestive system to the entire body. If now you are exercising, the body have to work on the muscle as well. So, the blood which suppose go to the digestive system to transport nutrient are now go to your muscle to transport oxygen to it and carry away lactic acid in the muscle.

Therefore, exercise right after meal will affect the absorption on nutrient means that affect the digestive process.

On the other hand, there is cases that the food in the small intestine go into the appendix and it never come out again. The food is decompose by bacteria at the appendix and make your appendix infection and swollen. This condition need to operate to remove your appendix. Are you willing to scarified your appendix? Is your basketball important than your health?

Kindly suggest that rest at least half an hour right after meal before your exercise activities. :D

Does fiber prevent appendicitis and diverticulitis?

Low-fiber diets may lead to diverticulitis. This condition is frequently found in people over the age of 60 in the U.S., but is rare in non-industrialized countries where high-fiber diets are the norm.

What are bacterias for digestion?

eschrihia coli helps in digestion. Also one of the two functions of the pancreas is to secret juices to aid in digestion, such as amylase and lipase. the other function is to sercrets hormones such as insulin and glycogen to help regulate metabolism of glucose and protein in the liver and other tissues. the stomach secretes acids and other enzyme's to aid in digestion. the liver secrets bile an ... enzyme's, the slivia.........it's the enzyme's that aid in digestion not bacteria. The bacterial infections of the the intestions usually cause diarrhea, leading to dehydration. Salmonella, e - coli and Shigella are the most common bacterial infections usually treated with anti-biotics.

What is the purpose of your bodys digestive system?

The purpose of the digestive system is to break down food into nutrients and waste. The nutrients nourish the body, the waste is sent through the excretory system.

What organ is not part of the gastrointestial tract?

All organs from all other body systems are not part of the gastrointestinal tract. As some examples, these are not involved with digestion: heart, lung, skin, reproductive organs.

What is the muscle called that moves food down the digestive system?

Smooth muscle, also called involuntary muscle because we don't have to think to make it move, moves the food in waves of peristalsis.

What are exocrine secretions?

secretions of glands which are first secreated into gland acni & then poured via duct like exocrine part of pancreas gland

How does the digestion of fats differ from the digestion of carbohydrates?

Digestion of fats and other lipids begin in the small intestine and relies on the production of bile. Bile contains salts, which act as detergents (emulsifiers) that aid in digestion and absorption of lipids. In the small intestine many nutrients leave the intestine through the bloodstream, some products of fat (triglyceride) take a different path: After being absorbed by epithelial cells, fatty acids and monoglycerides (glycerol joined to a single fatty acid) are recombined into triglycerides within those cells. These fats are then coated with phospholipids, cholesterol and proteins forming water-soluble glubules called chylomicrons. These globules are too large to pass through the membranes of capillaries. Instead they are transported into a lacteal, a vessel at the core of each villus of the intestinal wall. Lacteals are part of the vertebrate lymphatic system.

Digestion of carbohydrates start in the mouth. Amylase, an enzyme in saliva, hydrolyzes starch and glycogen into smaller polysaccharides. This digestion continues in the stomach after the food (bolus) passes through the esophagus. In the stomach, gastric juice that have two components finishes the digestion of the carbohydrates before the intestine absorbs the broken down molecules through capillaries in the villus, before being diffused or pumped into the bloodstream. One of the components of gastric juice is HCI, which disrupts the extracellular matrix that binds cells together. Pepsin is the other component, but is more relevant in the digestion of proteins.

What enzyme completes the digestion of proteins?

Trypsin completes the digestion of proteins. Pepsin in the stomach starts the digestion of proteins.

Where is starch turned into glucose during the process of digestion?

It doesn't

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Not sure where that guy ^ got his information, but in Biology 11 you learn that it DOES. Starch is turned to glucose during chemical digestion, and it begins in the mouth.

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I'm in year 9 and I know that!

What is true for both incomplete and complete digestive systems?

An incomplete digestive system (found in certain lower invertebrates like Cnidarinas, i.e. hydra, marine jellyfish, and Platyhelminthes, i.e. flatworms) is where a single opening to a pouch-like cavity serves as both mouth and anus. A complete digestive system (all insects have them) means that food processing occurs within a tube-like enclosure, the alimentary canal, running lengthwise through the body from mouth to anus.

What is the role of the small intestine in the digestive system of proteins and fats?

In the small intestine, the food you eat continues being digested, and then the nutrients and proteins your body needs make their way out of the small intestine and into the rest of your body. Then the matter that is left over passes through the small intestine into the large intestine...causing you to go to the restroom.

Where are materials stored in the body that aren't digested?

There is an outdated belief that the appendix is a repository for indigestible matter. This is not accurate. A fecalith (hard chunk of stool residue) can become impacted there and cause appendicitis. All material that is not digested passes through the same places as digested food residue, then is excreted though the colon.

What is the end product of fat digestion?

The end products of fat digestion are fatty acids and glycerol.

Who is a person that studies the human body?

There are many people who study the human body. I thought of 69 studiers of the human body. I think there might be more, but these are all of the studiers I could think of.
  • adenologist-a person who studies the exocrine and endocrine glands
  • allergist-a person who studies allergies
  • anatomist-a person who studies the parts of the body
  • andrologist-a person who studies the male reproductive system
  • anesthesiologist-a person who studies anesthetics
  • angiologist-a person who studies the circulatory and lymphatic systems
  • anthropologist-a person who studies the origin of the human body
  • arteriologist-a person who studies the arteries
  • audiologist-a person who studies hearing
  • auxologist-a person who studies the growth of the human body
  • bronchologist-a person who studies the trachea, bronchi, and bronchioles
  • cardiologist-a person who studies the heart
  • cariologist/cytologist-a person who studies the cells of the human body
  • cephalologist-a person who studies the head
  • coprologist/scatologist-a person who studies feces
  • craniologist-a person who studies the skull
  • dermatologist-a person who studies the skin
  • desmologist-a person who studies ligaments
  • diabetologist-a person who studies diabetes
  • embryologist-a person who studies embryos
  • endocrinologist-a person who studies the endocrine system
  • enterologist-a person who studies the small and large intestines
  • enzymologist-a person who studies enzymes
  • epidemiologist-a person who studies epidemics
  • fetologist-a person who studies fetuses
  • gastroenterologist-a person who studies the digestive tract
  • gastrologist-a person who studies the stomach
  • gynecologist-a person who studies the female reproductive system
  • hematologist-a person who studies the blood and blood-producing organs
  • hepatologist-a person who studies the liver
  • immunologist-a person who studies the immune system
  • iridologist-a person who studies the iris of the eye
  • karyologist-a person who studies cell nuclei
  • kinesiologist-a person who studies the movement of the body
  • laryngologist-a person who studies the larynx
  • lymphologist-a person who studies the lymphatic system
  • myologist-a person who studies muscles
  • nasologist/rhinologist-a person who studies the nose
  • nephrologist-a person who studies the kidneys
  • neuroendocrinologist-a person who studies the nervous and endocrine systems
  • neurologist-a person who studies the nervous system
  • neurophysiologist-a person who studies the functions of the nervous system
  • nutriologist-a person who studies nutrition
  • odontologist-a person who studies teeth
  • oncologist-a person who studies cancer
  • ophthalmologist-a person who studies the eyes
  • organologist-a person who studies anatomical organs
  • osteologist-a person who studies bones
  • otolaryngologist-a person who studies the ears, nose, and pharynx
  • otologist-a person who studies the ears
  • pharyngologist-a person who studies the pharynx
  • phlebologist-a person who studies veins
  • physiologist-a person who studies the functions of the parts of the body
  • pneumologist/pulmonologist-a person who studies the lungs
  • proctologist-a person who studies the large intestine
  • radiologist-a person who studies x-rays
  • reflexologist-a person who studies reflexes
  • sacrologist-a person who studies the internal organs
  • serologist-a person who studies blood serum
  • sexologist-a person who studies sex
  • splenologist-a person who studies the spleen
  • stomatologist-a person who studies the mouth
  • tocologist-a person who studies childbirth
  • trichologist-a person who studies the hair and scalp
  • urologist-a person who studies the urinary and male reproductive systems