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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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Why must mechanical digestion start before chemical digestion?

Mechanical digestion must come first because it helps break down food

About how long does it take for the whole emancipation process?

I have a dilema. I'm 17 and I want to move out. I won't lie. I don't have financial burdens, but I do have a limit on freedom. I am not on drugs. I don't even smoke cigarettes. I'm not having sex, but I just want out. I make a substantial amount of money for my age...I have a friend that has invited me to stay with her as long as she wont get in trouble. She doesn't do drugs or alcohol and is the main provider for her two young nephews. She is more of a mother to them than their own. I would be still going to school and getting my education and still going to college. I just want to go now because my parents don't let me do anything and my dad is a dictator. I'm a free-spirited independent girl, and I will end up hurting him before I let him run me. He just came home from Iraq permanently so I have got to go! I don't want to go through the whole emancipation process. By the time I get emancipated I will already be legal. Any suggestions? BTW: I have no criminal history and my grades are substantially good. He would still put me in Juvenile...any prevention tips I could use?

How can you make your digestive system strong?

1) Regular exercise ( Most Important ) . 2) Regular eating and Sleeping Habits . 3) Light and healthy diet .

Is idone a mineral or vitamin?

I don't know about idone but Iron is a mineral coming from this website.

What does the rectum do in the digestion?

The rectum (Latin for "straight") is an 8-inch chamber that connects the colon to the anus. It is the rectum's job to receive stool from the colon, to let the person know that there is stool to be evacuated, and to hold the stool until evacuation happens. When anything (gas or stool) comes into the rectum, sensors send a message to the brain. The brain then decides if the rectal contents can be released or not. If they can, the sphincters relax and the rectum contracts, disposing its contents. If the contents cannot be disposed, the sphincter contracts and the rectum accommodates so that the sensation temporarily goes away.

Why can't Red Pandas digest cellulose?

Because they don't have the enzyme that would allow them to break the beta(1-4) glycosidic bonds in cellulose.

They're scarcely alone in this... no mammals, nor indeed any vertebrates (nor most invertebrates) have this enzyme.

Those animals that obtain a significant portion of their nutrition from cellulose are doing so with the aid of symbiotic gut bacteria that DO have the necessary enzyme. In mammals, these tend to be ruminants, since the bacteria have to be allowed time to work. Red pandas are not ruminants, and instead rely on eating large quantities of a fairly poor foodstuff in order to extract enough nutrition to survive.

Howdoes removal of stomach affect other systems in the body?

Well primarily the stomach is used for digesting food, so if you removed this component (body part) then the whole process of removing waste from your system would be ruined.

What are signs of appendix infection?

These are the common signs of appendicitis :

  • Rovsing sign (Pain in the right iliac fossa elicited with palpation of left)
  • Dunphy sign (increased pain with coughing)
  • Blumberg sign (Rebound tenderness)
  • Psoas sign (pain is produced by passive extension of the patient's right hip)

Which enzyme helps in the digestion of protein?

trypsin and pepsin
Pepsin in the stomach converts protein into polypeptides ( grouos of amino acids )

Does spicy food travel faster through digestive system?

Depends on your particular digestive system. It can, in some people, yes. Peristalsis, the normal rhythmic movement of the intestines, can be speeded up by what they consider to be an irritant, yes.

What order of viscosity would honey blood water and paracetmol suspension come?

Whoever this is I think you are doing the pharmaceutical technican course, am I right!! In order - Honey,paracetamol suspension, blood,honey, I think... I have to check my answer with the pharmacist tomorrow, but think about it...from the most "gloopy"to the least gloopy syrupy... double check with the pharmacist tomorrow, write your answer in pencil and make changes if necessary!!

What foods cure indigestion?

foods that have a high alkaline content to neutralise acid

Why cannot humans digest roughage?

Humans can't digest roughage (eg. cellulose) because of the beta linkages that hold the glucose molecules together. Humans don't have enzymes that can break these linkages.

Do you have a pulse in the bottom of your stomache?

It is possible, but it isn't the easiest way. It would be easier just to find your pulse on your wrist, neck, or over your heart.

The pulse that you feel near your stomach region is from the abdominal aorta, the aorta is a large artery that pumps blood from the left side of the heart throughout your whole body.

What is the Digestive System?

The Digestion System is comprised of many organs in your body such as your stomach, mouth, esophagus, and your two intestines.

The main functions of the digestive system is to digest the foods you eat, absorbs those nutrients from the foods you eat, and disposes of the waste product (poop).

The two main types of digestion is chemical and physical digestion. Physical digestion is the physical breakdown of food, using your teeth, called mastication.

Chemical digestion uses different fluids and chemicals in your body to break down the food further, such as pepsin and hydrochloric acid.

At the small intestine, the food turns into chyme, which is semi-digested food, but not quiet yet waste products. The nutrients in the chyme then gets absorbed by the villi, which is the inside lining of the small intestine.

The large intestine takes water out of the chyme, and turns it to fecal matter. It is then pushed to the rectum which is the last part of the large intestine, then out the anus and into your toilet.

The digestive system refers to the system from the mouth to the bowels. It is the system that the body used to draw nutrients from food and to eliminate waste.

What goes from your mouth to your stomach?

Food---but once it is chewed, on its way to the stomach it is called 'bolus'

What is the initial site of mechanical and chemical digestion?

The mouth is the beginning of both mechanical and chemical digestion. Chewing breaks the food into smaller pieces and the saliva wets the food but also adds an enzyme called amylase that begins the digestion of carbohydrates.

How does the digested food finally reach the blood system?

It is absorbed into the blood through the vili in the small intestine

What is gangrenous appendix?

It is very painful. Basically it is gangrene that has formed on the appendix. This means the appendix is rotten.