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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.

7,599 Questions

What are name of six bits of digestive system?

mouth, gullet, stomach, pancreas, liver, small intenstine.

Why does your stomach hurt when you are wearing underpants?

Do you think that they are too tight? Perhaps the pants are too tight when wearing both.

Why is aristozyme syrup used for?

Aristozyme syrup is used for a variety of gastrointestinal problems in addition to being used as a digestive supplement during pregnancy. Heartburn, indigestion, and flatulence can all be treated with aristozyme syrup.

What is a bollus?

A bolus is a small round mass of a substance.

Why is a fishes intestine so long?

humans are ommivores, fish are much different. fish intestants are longer than ours because to give the fish more surface area through which water can be obsorbed.

How much does 2x6 wood plank hold?

Support capacity of wooden planks depends upon a number of factors including:

* orientation (vertical, flat, edge) * length (assuming a given cross-section of 2x6)

* supports and location (ends, center, thirds)

* moisture content (green, kiln dried)

* wood species (spruce/pine/fir, hardwood)

* defects locations (knots splits, twist, crook, borings) * locations of defects (center, top, bottom, middle, ends)

What are gastric juices and what do that contain?

Gastric juices are produced in the gastric pits and secreted into the StomachThey contain pepsin(a type of protease) an enzyme that breaks down proteins, acid which makes the pepsin break down food faster and mucus that coats the walls of your stomach to stop the enzymes breaking them down as well.

Read more: Discuss:What_is_the_function_of_the_gastric_juice_in_the_stomach

What is the importance of food?

Food forms a part of your daily life. we cannot imagine living without food. the carbohydrates nutrients and other minerals present in it help us in growth and repair of worn out tissues. food is one of the greatest gifts of god so do not waste it because there are many poor and needy people searching for a grain of rice. so think about them before you eat.

Can a duck take flight from land?

depends on the wind direction

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Also the breed, age and weight can impact a ducks ability to take off from either land or water.

Just saw a couple of mallards do that yesterday.

Can you use 30W speakers in a 300W HiFi System without damaging them?

Your amp's got enough power there to blow those speakers to kingdom come, but that doesn't mean you can't use them. At low volume settings, you're nowhere near the maximum output of the amp, so use them, but be careful. You should be able to hear when you're overdriving them.

What is mouse bile used for in warriors?

Bile from the liver of the common mouse may be harvested and used to kill stubborn fleas and ticks.

Can mountain dew make your poop green?

Probably not. Usually, what makes your bowel movement take on a green color is large amounts of spinach (or cabbage, or other similar vegetables) in your diet, or eating foods that have a lot of food die in them (like a large amount of popsicles or jello). It's doubtful a soft-drink would have any effect on the color of your poop.

What color tube is drawn for glucose?

It could be either red top (to clot it) or Grey top (sodium fluoride or potassium oxalate added) which prevents RBC's from metabolising the glucose in the blood. There is also another one to separate the serum but I forgot the color. It might be "tiger top" or speckled.

Is it true that Fit and Active brand yogurt in Cherries Jubilee nonfat is actually the best yogurt in the world?

No. The best yogurt in the world is real yogurt. One brand of real yogurt available in the U.S., (well, in New York, anyway) is Fage, which is from Greece. Even without anything added to it, it has a rich, luxurious taste that makes you think you must be sinning, even though it's quite healthful. Once you taste this yogurt, you'll wonder how on earth the idea of yogurt got so badly corrupted when it was introduced to the New World.

What is the fastest food can digest?

It does depend on what you eat, but I think the average is about 8 hours.

Do enzymes always break things apart or do they ever put things together?

Enzymes can only BREAK DOWN things. Whether its food, chemicals, etc. The point of enzymses are TO break things down.

Does gravity force food through the digestive system and why?

No, the food is moved by the muscle action of the intestines, beginning with the esophagus.

The reason that the muscle-action is needed is because the coils of the intestines go in all directions, including upwards.