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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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What does the uvula do in the digestive system?
The Uvula closes the nose so the food does not go through the nose holes.
What part of the body does assimilation occur?
In the rectal region of the digestive system. Its the creation of fecal matter.
Which mineral is an essential part of more than 100 enzyme and is involved in digestion?
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Are enzymes responsible for chemical digestion?
Yes, enzymes are responsible to break down complex molecules to simpler one for digestion
Does the gallbladder produce or store enzymes?
Neither.
The gallbladder will store bile, but bile is not an enzyme. Bile is produced by the liver.
How does the organic phosphate move through a food wed?
Phosphate is mainly present in bones in animals, but is incorporated in most tissues of plants and animals - and through digestion gets absorbed and incorporated in a person's body and is dynamically present, being released and excreted through urine and feces. Thus excreted phosphate returns to the environment where it is available for uptake into plants and into the food web.
Is the stomach lateral to the pancreas?
More or less, but more accurately posterior of the stomach.
The pancreas is oriented in the same general direction and located just behind the stomach, and both are below the liver.
What organ doesn't absorb nutrients?
The mouth is one of the organs of the digestive tract that doesn't absorb nutrients. Another is the esophagus.
Can an animal live without digestive systems?
not for long because an animal neds the digestive system to provide essential amino acids and essential vitamins and minearals which said animal could not live without
Do Laxatives increase peristaltic activity in large intestine and are used to induce defecation?
Laxatives increase peristaltic activity in the large intestine to induce defecation
Can digestion occur without pancreatic juice?
Digestion can occur without pancreatic juice, but it would be much less efficient, unless it was replaced by some suitable enzyme pills.
What abdominal organ would affect blood clotting ability?
The liver. It produces many of the major clotting factors that are circulated in your blood.
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What is the jellyfish circulatory system?
Most jellyfish do not have specialized digestive, osmoregulatory, central nervous, respiratory, or circulatory systems.
What is it called when food moves though the digestive system by a wave like motion?
Peristalsis. The smooth muscle tissue creates the waves in the esophagus and the intestines. That's why you can eat and drink while upsidedown and digestion continues when you lie down.
What temperatures do enzymes work best at?
That depends on the enzyme and the environment it is working in.
Generally as the temperature rises, the efficiency of the the enzyme will increase also.
Elevation of temperature lowers what is called the 'activation threshold' or the point at which a chemical change will take place.
In practice this works very well however we must keep in mind that enzymes are specifically shaped proteins, and proteins denature (changes shape) when it reaches it's own threshold temperature, or it's introduced to an acidic environment. When the enzyme denatures, it is no longer viable.
Every enzyme can tolerate a different environment and temp. When trying to speed the reaction of DNA sequencing, an enzyme that can uniquely withstand high temps; Taq Polymerase is the name of it.
The inverse is true, if you cool the enzymes the activation threshold rises and the reaction will slow.
The warmer the better but only to a point. Is is guess what I'm trying to say.
How do you get rid of parasites in an aquarium?
You may need to remove the fish, thoroughly clean the tank then rinse it and all of the gravel and everything else with boiling water. If the fish are infected with the parasite you may need to replace them as well since they will just infect the aquarium again if they're put back in.
Where is food digested the most and taken into the body?
Most digestion and absorption takes place in the small intestine.
Initial and substantial digestion takes place in the stomach, before being completed in the upper part (duodenum) of the small intestine. The middle part of the small intestine (jejunum) is where most absorption of nutrients occurs, with the remainder done in the final part (ileum), and in the large intestine.
Had bust appendix no surgery was treated with anti biotics for peritonitis?
That sounds unusual. The doctor must have considered you extremely unfit for surgery. I suppose that a repair of a ruptured appendix could be accomplished through the inside of the colon (through basically a colonoscopy); however it would be unusual. Peritonitis is serious, though. It is basically the worst that can happen with a ruptured appendix, and it can be fatal.
How do symbiotic interactions impact digestion?
There are symbiotic relationships between animals and bacteria in the digestive area. The animals give the bacteria a place to live and the bacteria help break down food. Digestion would be a lot more difficult without these symbiotic relationships.
What vital organs are in the digestion system?
liver, spleen, stomach, gallbladder, large(aka colon) and small intestine
