Digestion

Methane is the final product of Anaerobic Digestion. A mixture of methane and carbon dioxide is called a biogas and it can be used for heating and can be used as a natural gas. Anaerobic treatment systems are divided into “high rate” systems involving biomass retention and “low rate” systems without biomass retention. High rate systems are characterized by a relatively short hydraulic retention time but long sludge retention time and can be used to treat many types of wastewater. Low rate…

impede the process of digestion of food. What dietary changes would facilitate food intake for those with oral cavity problems? A common problem that may impede this process is hyposalivation. This may occur for many different reasons, including dehydration and use of certain medications (Division of Oral Medicine and Dentistry, n.d. para. 3). One result of hyposalivation is a reduced output of enzymes and hence a lack of hydrolysis. This spiraling issue may inhibit the digestion of…

of the stomach. What mechanical and chemical digestion occurs in the stomach? The muscles in the stomach act as a mixer and grinder of the food. This is the mechanical part of the digestion. The chemical digestion occurs when the acids are excreted from the lining of the stomach to break down the proteins. 3. Small Intestine and Large Intestine What are the three sections of the small intestine and what role does each section play in digestion or…

The experimental design for our project was to simulate the digestion of carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins. Using a certain medication called pancreatin we tested its effects on how it was able to break down these macromolecules. pancreatin is a mixture of pancreatic enzymes that help to aid in digestion; the enzymes that are present in this mixture include amylase (breaks down carbohydrates), lipase(breaks down lipids), and protease (breaks down proteins). We had set up trials for these…

how it impacts on the lifestyle will be explored in this essay. Digestion is important to animals as it allows the food molecules to be broken down into smaller pieces, releasing the energy found in the bonds of the food. This energy is essential to maintain metabolism and to carry out the essential life processes. There are many important components of the digestive system. The first is the mouth, this is where mechanical digestion…

liver, gall bladder, and the pancreas 2. Which organs of the digestive system come in contact with food, and what are some of their digestive functions? Mouth is used for ingestion of food. Saliva produced by salivary glands, helps in the early digestion of carbohydrate and fat by enzymes amylase and lipase. Pharynx helps in muscular propulsion of food into the esophagus Esophagus help transport food to the stomach (peristalsis) Stomach help to chemically breakdown food via production of…

produce tannin binding proteins (Clauss, Hummel, Völlm, Lorenz, & Hofmann, 2006). Although it is typically thought that tannins only affect non-ruminants, researchers have found that tannin content in feedstuffs can have a negative effect on ruminant digestion of protein (Min, Solaiman, Terrill, Ramsay, & Mueller-Harvey, 2015). Thus it is plausible that the okapi, producing high amounts of tannin binding proteins, would be able to have the same if not higher percent CP digestibility than the…

anus. Also, digestion process start from the mouth; the ingestion of food stimulate the salivary secretion (mouth), the food is chewed before its passage through the esophagus down to the stomach where mechanical and chemical digestion takes place. Pepsinogen from the chief cells helps with the digestion of protein, amylase from the saliva and pancreatic fluid helps with the digestion of carbohydrate, and a pancreatic enzyme known as lipase helps with fat digestion, but the protein digestion…

hydrochloric acid in the digestion of foods. Point out how excess acid contributes to the discomfort known as indigestion. Explain how the stomach secretes a mucous layer, which protects it from being damaged by the hydrochloric acid it produced.  Hydrochloric acid (HCl) is a clear, liquid. Which is produced in our stomach when we eat a meal. The major role that it plays in our stomach is to break down food and cause the release of enzymes that further aid in digestion. It is also used as a…

component is the mouth, where digestion starts. In the mouth the lips, tongue, taste buds, teeth and salivary glands all help to start the process of digestion. The lips help to keep food in the mouth. The tongue aids in digestion because it “guides food during mastication, forming of the bolus or small ball of food and swallowing” (Johnstone, et al, 2014). Taste buds are also important in the process of digestion, and they go hand in hand with the salivary glands to aid in digestion. The…