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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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Children and others find feces and jokes about it funny in part because of immaturity. But fecal matter is something universal that every person in every nation and culture knows about. It is something we even have in common with all other mammals.
What are the names of indigestion tablets?
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It is not so correct to say the best tablets in this case; the drugs are very simple and independently on composition all are useful, of course without excess on long periods.
What organs secrete substances into the small intestine and what do they secrete?
well the villi are on the walls of the small intestine and they secrete pancreatic juice, made from the pancreas.
Chemical digestion is possible because of certain kinds of proteins called what?
The answer would be "Enzymes".
The key digesting enzymes include lipases (for lipids), proteases (for proteins). Other enzymes important is amylases, which digest certain types of sugars.
Why is mechanical digestion important for proper chemical digestion?
Mechanical digestion chops the food in to smaller pieces, thus exposing more of it to the enzymes of the chemical digestion.
Mechanical digestion begins in the mouth by the teeth, tongue and saliva. Mechanical digestion is important for chemical digestion because when food is broken down into smaller particles by mechanical means, chemical digestion will be more efficient.
What is the optimum shape for fecal matter?
Your Poop Needs To Be In An S Shape. That Means Your Healthy. Now I Know You Are Wonderin How Is That Possible But What I Mean Is That Is Does Not Need To Be Hard And In Little Balls. Gross Huh? But Its True.
What protect the stomach wall from acid?
The stomach wall is protected by mucus. The mucus regenerates about every 2 weeks or so.
Digestive problemswhat could be the cause?
There are a range of digestive problems that can be caused by many factors. Some digestive disorders are caused by an unhealthy lifestyle, stress, as a result of other illnesses or they may be hereditary.
How is the digestive system related to the skeletal system?
The blood from the circulatory system goes into the kidneys from the renal vein and then into the kidneys and then the nephrons which filter the blood of all the bad stuff like urine and urea.
Where is most of the digested food stored?
Digested food isn't really stored, it passes through the body at a steady pace.
It is Cholecystokinin (CCK)
What is the job the of digestive system?
The job of the digestive system is to break your food down,physically and chemically using the good bits I.E vitamins,carbs and stuff to help your body and excrete the bits it doesn't need.
How is acid produced in the mouth?
Bacteria consume residual food in the mouth and produce acids as by-products.
Where do the circulatory and the digestive system meet?
In the end of the small intestine. The illeum absorbs the nutrience and send into the blood system
Which part of the digestive system is primarily responsible for absorbing nutrients?
The small intestine is the part of the digestive system responsible for absorbing most of the nutrients. The villi are the structural feature that maximize surface area for absorption.
What makes your stomach growl and make you burp?
Lots of things could cause these symptoms. Sometimes, indigestion is the cause.
What word has the definition food that is completely broken down?
It could be digestion? Chewed up food is called chyme. What is left over after digestion is called feces.
Name five organs that secrete digestive juices?
Salivary glands, stomach, pancreas, liver( via the gallbladder), and small intestine.
What organ helps break down fat in small intestine?
The liver helps to break down fats by producing bile.
What organ reabsorbs digested food?
The small intestine absorbs nutrients and the large intestine absorbs water and left over nutrients.
Why do you get indigestion if you drink too much alcohol?
Drinking too much alcohol can upset the stomach and digestive system which can often cause indigestion and heartburn.
Why does digestion begins in the mouth?
The mouth is important because that is the first place where food is mechanically chewed up before it reaches the stomach. It also is mixed with saliva which makes it moist and carries amylase an enzyme that begins the breakdown of carbohydrates,
