Digestion

Horses have a type of digestion that is called hind-gut fermentation a type of digestion characterized by a relatively small fore-gut and mid gut which digesta passes through fairly quickly. To the hind-gut where the majority of digestion occurs via microbiological forces. Staring out the digesta is swallowed into the stomach which in a horse is monogastric having only one chamber to it. That said, it is not the kidney bean shape that we would think of in humans or pigs, but it has a more pronounced curved shape making a kind of crescent shape. Do to this shape it can be divided into three regions of activity with can be classified by both acidly and condition of digesta. The most cranial section is the oesophgeal region where the oesophagus…

The generalized process of digesting a large meal consists of consumption of food, progression through the digestive tract, absorption of nutrients, and secretion of waste. The process seems far from complex; however, at the cellular level digestion transpires in much more intricate detail. The human body must be supported by organic compounds that provide chemical balance. The steps and regulations of cellular digestion allow for generation of high energy products. Carbohydrates are the…

Digestion is the process of breaking down food by mechanical and enzymatic action in the alimentary canal into substances that can be used by the body. The process of digestion is the way that the body obtains nutrients, fats, carbohydrates, minerals and vitamins necessary to maintain life. Carbohydrates are comprised of complex sugars, which the body will convert to simple sugars for use in numerous ways. Fats are comprised of fatty acids and glycerol. Proteins are made up of many types of…

Digestion can be described as food being broken down into its most basic and simple components so that we can absorb the nutrients to give us energy and nutrition. Digestion occurs in what is known as the gastrointestinal (GI) tract which consists of the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine (colon), and other important organs such as salivary glands, the liver, pancreas, and gallbladder. Digestion first occurs with food entering the mouth. Food is usually comprised of…

Protein Digestion Purpose The purpose of this virtual lab is to observe the protein digestion in the digestive system by how pepsin, BAPNA, pH 2.0 buffer, deionized water, pH 7.0 buffer, and pH 9.0 buffer affect optical density by using the spectrophotometer. A digestive system is a group of organs getting food into the body and use food to keep our bodies healthy and take useless products out of the body. The four functions of the digestive system are ingestion, digestion, absorption, and…

Digestion works well when all the reactions along the way are functioning at an optimum but when one is compromised it eventually impacts on the entire tract. This is evident when there is Hypochlorhydria or low stomach acid. When there is a depletion of hydrochloric acid (HCL) the entire digestive process is affected, from mechanical and chemical digestions to absorption of nutrients. The stomach secrets HCL which maintains the low pH (between 1.5- 3) during the gastric phase of digestion. This…

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).…

We spend one or two hours per day to eat food, but have you ever thought how much does it take to your body to digest it? Even after enjoying the pleasure of eating, our body continues to work hard for digestion. To understand what is happening in our body, we need to know the digestive process. The three major steps involved in the digestive process are ingestion, digestion, and absorption. The second phase of the digestive process takes place in the stomach. The bolus that goes down through…

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…

Digestion is the process of breaking down complex food into a form of absorbable food particles. The process of digestion first occurs in the mouth, where the teeth is used to grind the food and break down the food into smaller food particles. When we chew, our teeth mechanically soften the food and the salivary glands produce an enzyme called salivary amylase, which mixes with and further breaks down, the food. The next stage in digestion happens in the stomach. The stomach secretes gastric…