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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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Digestive enzymes supplement the diet and help the body with almost every function on a cellular level. The benefits of digestive enzymes include weight loss, better digestion and assimilation of nutrients, and more!
What is the end product of the stomach in digestion?
for pepsin, the end products of digestion are peptides
How does a dentist help keep your digestive system healthy?
Certain stuff that they put on your teeth and that you swallow help to kill bad bacteria and break down foods!
Does digestive juices in the body harm the baby?
No because babies are carried in the mother's uterus. Not their stomach. Everything that goes into the digestive system is broken down and the body will make sure the healthiest nutrients are delivered to an unborn baby. Thus, no harm will come to an unborn baby from any part of the digestive process.
NOTE: If you have further concerns, talk to your physican.
What is an antonym for the word indigestion?
I don't know exactly. However, result of finding google or other web site such as Naver or Daum , there is no antonym of indigestion. I'm sorry I can't give you the answer. However, I hope it could be a good reply.
How long does it take for food to get from your fork to your stomach?
It takes about six or seven seconds, total, to chew and swallow.
After putting the yummy stuff into your mouth, it (the bolus) then has to travel through the entire gastrointestinal tract before coming out the other end. The gastrointestinal tract for the purposes of this exercise includes the oral cavity, the oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, and colon.
Food travels down the oesophagus at a rate of approximately 3 to 4 centimetres per second (1 to 2 inches), and the entire process takes about 5 to 6 seconds. In the stomach, food tends to hang around for a little longer and this depends on a variety of factors including the amount of food you have consumed, how much fat it contains, and also the acidity of the stomach. However, all food should have left the stomach within 2 to 4 hours.
In the small intestine, digestion continues and absorption occurs. From here on, the time to defecation will vary depending on the time it takes to adequately digest and absorb in the small intestine. This will usually take 5 to 6 hours. The "food then enters the colon for further digestion and water reabsorption before defecation. The time from it's entering the colon to defecation is about 12 to 24 hours.
Thus, the time for food to travel from one end to the other probably ranges from about 20 to 30 hours. Although I haven't had the time to look further into the rest of your question, I hazard a guess that it is unlikely that meat will hang around for a week given that the gastrointestinal tract is very effective in breaking it down with various enzymes and acidity of the stomach. Foods high in protein and fats probably would probably take a little longer to pass through than if it were carbohydrate.
Why is mucin important in the stomach?
it coats the out side of the stomach preventing it from getting hurt from the acids produced
Ulcers a disorder in the digestive system is caused by what?
Ulcers in the digestive system can be the result of several different factors:
Peptic ulcers are holes or breaks in the protective lining of the duodenum (the upper part of the small intestine) or the stomach -- areas that come into contact with stomach acids and enzymes. Duodenal ulcers are more common than stomach ulcers.
Comparatively rare are esophageal ulcers, which form in the esophagus (swallowing tube) -- and are often a result of exposure to medications, like certain antibiotics or anti-inflammatories, or alcohol abuse.
While excessive stomach acid secretion certainly plays a role in the development of ulcers, a relatively recent theory holds that bacterial infection is the primary cause of peptic ulcers. Indeed, research conducted since the mid-1980s has shown that the bacterium Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is present in more than 90% of duodenal ulcers and about 80% of stomach ulcers. However, more recent figures indicate those percentages are declining.
Other factors also seem to contribute to ulcer formation. Overuse of over-the-counter painkillers (such as aspirin, ibuprofen, and naproxen), heavy alcohol use, psychological stress, and smoking exacerbate and may promote the development of ulcers, especially in someone with H. pylori.
Other studies show that stomach ulcers are more likely to develop in older people. This may be because arthritis is prevalent in the elderly, and alleviating arthritis pain can mean taking daily doses of aspirin or ibuprofen. Another contributing factor may be that with advancing age the pylorus (the valve between the stomach and duodoneum) relaxes and allows excess bile (a compound produced in the liver to aid in digestion) to seep up into the stomach and erode the stomach lining. Obesity can also put extra pressure on on the pylorus valve and lead to bile squeezing past the valve.
Duodenal ulcers tend to appear in people with type O blood, possibly because they do not produce the substance on the surface of blood cells that may protect the lining of the duodenum.
Breaking down of food by churning in the stomach is an example of digestion?
The breaking down of food for the purpose of nutrition is called, "Digestion".
How do sunflowers produce carbohydrates?
Sunflower produce carbon hydrates as the product of photosynthesis.Through light reaction and Calvin cycle CO2 changed to oxygen and sugar(carbonhydrates) And is used by us(the living organisms)that eat plant.Through cellular respiration organisms are able to turn carbon hydrate into energy that is used for chemical reactions to take place in cells.
-Luna Huynh
How long does it take a meal to leave your stomach?
It takes anywhere from 1 to 3 hours for food to completely exit the stomach, depending on how much food you and what food you eat (protein takes longer to digest). Large meals take 2 to 5 hours.
How much time does milk take to digest?
It will take about 24-72 hours to go from the mouth to the anus.
Where in the body does absorption of food take place?
The lumen is the cavity where digested food passes through and from where nutrients are absorbed, in the small intestine.
Antifreeze is supposedly very sweet to the taste, but it destroys your liver and/or kidneys, and is a slow, painful death. Pets poison themselves by drinking Antifreeze, but they usually die within twelve hours.
Will eating old yogurt make you sick?
I eat old yogurt all the time. In fact right now I am eating yogurt that is 1 1/2 months out of date. I am talking about small, sealed yogurt cups that have been kept in the fridge. In my opinion, yogurt is already a fermented product, and as long as it smells okay and looks okay I will eat it. However, two to three months out of date is probably my limit. I am a scientist, but this is not a scientific opinion. Happy eating!
What condition arises when the gastric juices begins to digest the walls of the stomach itself?
A gastric ulcer forms when acids begin to eat the stomach lining. If unchecked, the condition can cause a perforation--a hole. The areas around organs must be free acids, bacteria etc. So if you have a perforation, you can develop peritonitis, a life threatening infection throughout and surrounding all abdominal organs.
How does the digestive system affect the rest of the body?
The body get its energy from the processes of the digestive system.
What is the digestions that involves breaking down large molecules of food into nutrients?
It's called 'masticate' or 'mastication', which is the chewing process and is the first step in the digestion process.
How do sphincters and peristalsis aid in digestion?
Peristalsis moves food down the digestive track to keep it going, like a conveyor belt.
lipase is the enzyme that is used to convert fats into glycerol and fatty acids
lipase
Lipase
pancreatic lipase
lypase
Lipase, which is released by the pancreas, aids in the digestion of fats in the small intestine. This list needs to be expanded.
Pancreatic lipase
lipose enzyme
lipase enzymes break down fat.
Lipase
The major fat-digesting enzyme is lipase. Lipase digests fat into fatty acid and glycerol. It plays an essential role in digestion.
Lipase.
Lipases
What is peristalsis and where is it found?
After being chewed and swallowed, the food enters the esophagus. The esophagus is a long tube that runs from the mouth to the stomach. It uses rhythmic, wave-like muscle movements (called peristalsis) to force food from the throat into the stomach. This muscle movement gives us the ability to eat or drink even when we're upside-down.
Believe it or not, girls fart quite differently to boys. They actually fart through their ears. Might sound crazy, but its as true as the fact that the sun is in the sky at day. If you see a girl move hair from her face to behind her ears, she is usually clearing the passage for her fart to get through without being disrupted by dangling pieces of hair.
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Which body system breaks down food for the absoption into the blood?
The small and large intestine (water in the large and vitamins and minerals in the small), which is part of the digestive system.
What part of the digestive system consolidates and eliminates solid wastes?
what organ of the digestive system that performs concentrates wastes
