Anaerobic digestion

When I look at the food that I consumed for Friday night, I have realized that my diet contains few vegetables and fruits. Furthermore, I did not take any dairy food. When I went to Choose My Plate website, I entered my age: 21, height: 156 cm, weight: 48 kg, and exercise 40-60 minutes a day. According to this website, it suggests that I intake 2000 calories per day. My dairy food plan recommends that I have 6 ounces of grains, 2.5 cups of vegetables, 2 cups of fruits, 3 cups of dairy, and 5.5…

Every morning for anyone who owns or takes care for horses starts out just about the same. You wake up and before you even think about eating, you are walking out to the barn to check on your horses and give them their breakfast. Except, today something is wrong. One of your horses is laying down in their stall, rolling, not eating or drinking, and is kicking at their stomach. These few clues can be a horse owner’s worst nightmare. These are symptoms of the dreaded illness, colic. Colic is…

When we look at the different types of nutrients that our bodies need to perform even the simplest of task, we must first understand how the body breaks down the digestion and absorption process. What is digestion? Digestion can be defined as both the chemical and mechanical break down of sustenance into smaller organic portions. Macromolecules must be broken down into much smaller fragments that become a more suitable size for absorption throughout the digestive system (Sadava, D et al., 2008).…

1) List at least three ways in which rats are similar to humans. a) Rats, just as humans, give birth to living young. b) It has been shown that rats and humans can contract the same diseases. c) We have similar anatomy 2) Describe a rat 's foot structure and for what it might be useful. How is this similar to a human’s foot? How is this different from humans? Rats have two hind feet with five toes, and on each toe is a sharp nail. Its hind feet are significantly larger than it’s front…

The mouth which is also called the oral cavity is associated with the accessory organs such as teeth, salivary glands, and tongue. The mouth is where digestion starts. Our teeth are used to chew food into really small pieces and our saliva contains enzymes that begins the process of digestion. Our tongue occupies the floor of the mouth and mixes food with saliva to form bolus which is a compact mass that forms food into a lump that helps initiates swallowing. The mouth begins the process of…

Food is taken in the mouth the first process is Mastication. This is the biting and chewing a feed breaking food into smaller particles. The incisor teeth cut and the molars grind. The food is mixed with saliva causing a breakdown of digestion of carbohydrates begins in the mouth, amylase is secreted and starts breaking down the carbs in the bread to form a bolus of food. This Bolus of food is pushed between the hard palate and the tongue mixing the bolus of food with saliva and pushing the…

Summary: Barry James, a 67-year-old man presents to the hospital with a recent onset of diarrhea and weight loss; patient has a history of lactose intolerance, vitamin B12 deficiency and intermittent diarrheal episodes that last 1-2 days. Peripheral edema was noted on the physical examination, and the abdominal examination was negative for distention and organomegaly. Question: Describe the pathophysiology and clinical presentations associated with small intestine malabsorption. Generate:…

to the esophagus including the structure and functions of each part. The first part of the digestive system is comprised of the mouth, the pharynx and the esophagus. The mouth is an oral cavity that starts the process of mechanical and chemical digestions when food is received. The mouth is bounded by the cheeks and lips. The mouth contains a soft and hard palate, salivary glands, teeth (crown and dentin) and the tongue (covered in mucus membrane which contains taste buds). The teeth and…

Results of the experiment for the fungal amylase activity were in support of previous research; similar to Serrano and Peralta’s (2015) study, optimum amylase activity was clearly indicated in the results. Denaturation was also clearly indicated with regards to fungal amylase. According to the data gathered in our experiment, the optimum range for bacterial amylase activity appears to fall between 25° C and 55° C, with the lowest averages falling in the 55° C column in Table 2. The process of…

your body can absorb the nutrients better and gives your digestive system a rest from working on fiber. Jennifer K. Nelson, says “that juicing can reduce your risk of cancer, boost your immune system, help you remove toxins from your body, aid digestion and help lose weight.” It takes two to three hours for your body to absorb all the vitamins and nutrients in our foods, and, because juicing is a liquid, it is able o absorb much faster in your blood stream in 15 minutes. It’s…