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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 is the functions and muscles in the digestive system?

First of all, the digestive system is full of organs, not muscles. Mouth- mechanically breaks down food by churning and cutting. Esophagus- the long tube the links to the liver, and passes the food down to then liver. Stomach- the holding place for the food for 4-6 hours. The food is then chemically broken down. Pancreas- functions to produce enzymes to send all over the body. Liver- produces bile Gall bladder- stores bile Duodenum- the small tube that links the small intestine and stomach. Small intestine- the 20 ft. Long tube that food passes through to get to the large intestine. Large intestine- the 4ft long tube that passes food to the rectum. Rectum- the place that stores food and waste. Anus- the opening and the end of the rectum that eliminates waste.

What is similar about the excretory system and the digestive system?

The digestive system gets rid of solid waste, but your excretory system gets rid of liquids that your body doesn't need. Also, the digestive system transforms your food into nutrients that your body can use, but the excretory system just excretes.

How does a banana help the digestive system?

A banana made up mostly of Carbon molecules, primarily helps break down food in the digestive track by producing the well-needed nutrient called "Fiber". Fiber is then pushed through the small intestine and out through the large intestine; allowing for easier food diminishment.

What is an easy way to remember the digestive system?

(tune to row row row your boat:)

chew chew chew your food chew it very well

swallow it down into the esophagus, lands in your stomach

dissolve, dissolve, dissolves your food the gastric juices do!

when its done, it travels to your small intestine

travel, travel, travel through the small intestine

ends up going in through the large intestine

poop poop poop it out, get it all out

down the rectum, through the anus, land in the toilet.

What is called digestion?

The breakdown of complex components of food into simpler substances is called digestion.

How long from eating to excreting?

From the time when you swallow food to the time that you excrete it, the whole process can take anything from 24 to 72 hours. The digestive system varies from individual to individual and factors such as age, diet and lifestyle determine how long the process takes.

How do stentor digest food?

nobody should use this site. im no scientist and i just got on to write about a topic i may no nothing about

Where does the first step of digestion ocuur?

In the mouth. Your teeth chew food, breaking down fibres, and your saliva also begins chemical break down.

Is citrate the same as citric acid?

citrate is the salt or ester of citric acid, so basically no :(

What are digesting problems?

Digesting problems are when a person or animal has trouble digesting food in the stomach or intestings and where an animal and a human suffers unbearableble pain.

What pancreatic cells aid in digestion?

The cells themselves do not play a role, but they produce enzymes to facilitate digestion by breaking down larger molecules into smaller ones.

It is a gland producing above mentioned enzymes externally (in to the lumen of the bowl) and internally (to the blood stream) Insulin/Glucagon.

What contains digestive enzymes that help clean up the cell?

The lysosomes contains digestive enzymes that help clean up the cell. It also helps in breaking down the complex compounds that come into the cell.

Do echinoderms have a digestive system?

yes

The digestive system of annelids consists of an unsegmented gut that runs through the middle of the body from the mouth, located on the underside of the head, to the anus, which is on the pygidium.

Is the kidneys organs of the digestive system?

kidneys get rid of the toxins from the blood that may have come from the food your body has digested. kidneys also help to make urine, keep your bones healthy, make red blood cells and also help to remove waste and extra fluid from your body.

How is the earthworm's digestive system different from a human's?

Worms have a very special digestive system. Instead of having a small and large intestine, worms have only one. And it is called an intestine. They also have organs known as the crop and gizzard, which breaks down the food, since the only thing that worms do is eat. Those are the only things that worms have different than humans

What two structures add digestive juices for the breakdown of fat?

The gallbladder and pancreas add digestive juices for the breakdown of fat.

What is the difference between ingestion and digestion and egestion?

Ingestion is the absorption of materials or nutrients by a cell or organism. In humans, ingestion occurs in the mouth. A person ingests food and drink by chewing and/or swallowing After someone ingests something, the substance begins to work its way through the gastrointestinal tract in the process called digestion.

Digestion is the process of breaking down food into smaller, soluble components that can be absorbed into the bloodstream. It is a form of catabolism - breaking food molecules down. Without digestion, the body cannot use the nutrients in food.

Egestion is the discharge of undigested material or faeces from the digestive tract via the anus. Egestion refers solely to indigestible matter which is never absorbed into the cells -

it sould not to be confused with excretion, which is the discharge of waste formed by chemical reactions in the body, such as sweat and urine.

Does fat slow down digestion?

Not, really no

~This previous answer is not entirely correct. Actually your answer depends on the nature of the question. If you're asking whether the digestion of fat slows down the digestion of other foods such as carbohydrates, proteins etc. in the gastric (stomach) phase, then the answer is no. Although it can delay the digestion of other nutrients in the small intestine, the secretion of lipase does not prevent or delay the secretion of amylase etc. nor does the presence of lipase inhibit other digestive enzymes.

However, once fats have entered the small intenstine, it actually can cause a backlog, which is referred to as a slowed digestive transit. This backlog can cause constipation, and other related problems. Because it takes quite a lot of energy to digest fats, blood becomes concentrated in this area, contributing to an overall feeling of tiredness, and a retention of food in the stomach because the intenstine is too full (bloating).

However, it should be pointed out that this is an extreme example. Generally speaking, you should not eat such a high concentration of fat as to cause this problem. A regular person eating a normal diet would consume fat in a ratio with other nutrients that would allow them to all move freely through the gut.

Why is it vital for living things such as frogs to digest food?

It is NOT vital for frogs, (or other animals) to eat living creatures. What is vital is oxygen and water. Without those things, they will die for certain. But, the living creatures that they consume as food, provides them with an almost instant stimulation of false energy. I say false because it over time, destroys their bodies from the inside out,(to consume creatures). The stimulation comes in the form of the toxic byproducts that are produced in the bodies as the digestion takes place, much the same way a drug might work in a human body when taken for the same purpose: it may provide a false, instant energy, but essentially it does NOT vitalize the human body at all; it destroys its vitality. This is why frogs eventually die.