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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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Does the environment effect the digestive system?
Yes. Your digestive system houses numerous amounts of bacteria. These bacteria are not bad though, their colonies function in harmony to balance out your system
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If a female swallows sperm can her body digest it?
Sperm, being a protein, does get digested by the human body.
What are the cause effects of the break down in the extendd family system?
Divorced parents, estranged parents, non commumnicative family members may all classify as a broken family.
Its effects are mostly like children having low self-esteem. They may even try establishing friendships or relationships that me seem good, but may actually be bad for them. Anxiety, low patience, withdrawal are other effects.
They may become moody, tempramental, abusive as elders or become total intoverts.
Elders may have difficulty in trusting people and may seek love from wrong people.
The larynx is part of the throat and part of the respiratory system.
How are various organs all connected and the roles they play in the digestive process?
- mouth: food enters
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- small intestine
- large intestine(actualy smaller)
- anus (really funny right)
What are the physical liaisons between the circulatory and digestive system of a frog?
In humans the two systems are related like so. After the food goes through the stomach which chemically digests the foods with enzymes, the food passes to the small intestine which finishes the digestion process. The food then makes it'a way to the big intestin. in the big intestine veins absorb the nutriments from what is now feces. These nutriments travel through the blood stream and feeds the cells (supplies them with energy) kinda like the O2 does.
What are the important steps to the digestive system?
The main steps are
1. Teeth/Tongue and Salivary glands
2. The Esophagus
3. The Stomach
4. The Pancreas and Liver (in the duodenum)
5. The Small Intestine (jejunum)
6. The Large Intestine
7. The Rectum
Some lists include 8 (i.e. chewing and saliva as separate processes)
Both steps 4 and 5 take place past the stomach, in the small intestine. The upper part, the duodenum, is where pancreatic enzymes and bile from the gall bladder are added. The lower part called the jejunum is where food is absorbed, and other nutrients in a third section called the ileum.
How is appendix removed from body?
The abdominal cavity is opened, the appendix is tied off from the large intestine, and then cut off.
How does digestion take place in amoeba?
Digestion in amoeba is intracellular taking place within the cell. The food taken in remains in a food vacuole or gastric vacuole formed by the cell membrane and small part of the cytoplasm. The vacuoles are transported deeper into the cells by cytoplasmic movements. Here they fuse with lysosomes that contain enzymes. Two enzymes amylase and proteinase have been reported. Thus, amoeba can digest sugars, cellulose and proteins. Fats, however, remain undigested.
The contents of the vacuole become lighter and the outline of the vacuole becomes indefinite indicating that the digestion is complete.
Are most drugs given in oral form absorbed from the large intestine?
Most oral drugs or drugs taken by mouth travel to the stomach or intestine where they are absorbed into the bloodstream. These drugs are not effective or useful until they are absorbed into the bloodstream where they are transported to the organ or desired receptor.
How are the digestive and respiratory systems interdependent?
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM is the process of respiration. The lungs is the main organ of the respiratory system because it receives oxygen and take out the carbon dioxide. DIGESTIVE SYSTEM is the process of digestion. The main organ is the stomach because this is where the digestion occurs.
Chemical :digestion is when your saliva breaks down the food into small enough molecules for your cells to absorb
Mechanical: digestion is when you chew the food
How is the respiratory circulatory and the digestive system interdependent?
All the human systems are interrelated on some manner. Digestive, circulatory and respiratory are the main systems, all of them managed by the CNS in the brain. They are interdependent because they need a common factor to keep on functioning: the blood.
Which nutrient cannot be digested?
Because it is in a form which is already digested e.g honey. Honey is already digested by bees so it is far more easier for the human digestive system to absorb.
Is the hydra intracellular digestion or extracellular digestion?
hydra is a coelentrate marine organism. it has a unique digestive system which is both extracellular & intracellular. first the ingested food is digested extracellularly & then intracellularly. extracellular digestion takes place in the body cavity of hydra which is called coelentron by the digestive enzymes secreted by gland cells of endodermal layer which is called gastrodermis. then the partially digested food is engulfed by the cells of gastrodermal layer in the form of food vacuoles. further digestion takes place in these food vacuoles.
Pushes food into your stomach using a muscular movement called peristalsis.
This type of movement is called segmentational movements.
What can saliva in our mouths begins the breakdown of carbohydrates into?
Saliva contains the enzyme amylase, which begins the breakdown of carbohydrates into simpler sugars, primarily maltose. This enzymatic action starts the digestion process in the mouth before food reaches the stomach. Additionally, saliva helps moisten food, making it easier to chew and swallow.
Where in the digestive system is food broken down?
It starts in the mouth with chewing and mixing with enzymes in the saliva and goes on in the stomach where hydrochloric acid is added and through into the small intestine where muscular action constantly works on it as well some material is even taken up in the large intestine.
What is breaking down of food by the action of enzymes?
Digestive juices and enzymes break down the complex food materials into simpler compounds and that is how they facilitate in digestion.
