Digestion

• Peristalsis – rhythmic muscular contractions of the digestive track that move its contents along the digestive track. • Segmentation – contraction happening in the small intestine. It divide and mixes the chime (partially digested food and digestive juices) • Enzymes – proteins that speed up chemical reactions without change to themselves. • Esophageal sphincter – the opening between the esophagus and he stomach that relaxes and opens to allow the bolus to travel into stomach and then closes…

How do we process food using the digestive tract? What is the digestive tract? The digestive tract is also known as the gastrointestinal tract, or the (GI) tract. This (GI) tract is a bunch of organs that are mainly hollowed and they twist in a tube-like shape. This tube goes all the way from the mouth to the anus. The organs that make this up is the: -mouth - esophagus -small intestine -large intestine -and the stomach How does it work? Food first enters through…

All animals are provided with the raw abilities to properly capture and digest their foods. The anatomy of an animal will provide evidence as to which of the three main categories it falls under: herbivore, omnivore, or carnivore. Carnivores have the abilities to subsist on only animal products. A carnivorous animal’s frame of mind revolves around their instinct to hunt. When spotting potential prey, carnivores immediately “pour out copious amounts of saliva” (Tobias). No digestive enzymes are…

during the initial digestion when their diet is high in cellulose (Stevens C E, Hume I D 1995). While both cows and M. tempus have the same ending of the GIT (rectum then anus), M. tempus has a rather long GIT as a lot of its necessary water intake is absorbed through the food it eats; which occurs majorly in the large intestine (large and small colon) which then goes to the kidney to be filtered; and the increased length of the small intestine allows longer time for digestion and absorption of…

mouth (top and bottom). Premolars - The teeth have cusps and are in front of the molars. Molars – Blunt cusps located at the back of the mouth. Thick mass of skeletal muscle covered in mucous membrane. Physiology Allows mechanical and chemical digestion to occur. It predominantly…

have imparted to the world. Our gallbladder is a 4 inches organ with the type of pear. It is set under the liver. The gallbladder stores the bile, a blend of fluids, fat and cholesterol. The bile deteriorates the fats of the sustenance in the digestion systems. The gallbladder conveys the bile in the small digestive system. This permits the dissolvable vitamins and supplements to retain all the more effortlessly in the circulation system. The capable formula we're going to present you has…

body. The human digestive system has many process. It contains different stages and works in different organs. It starts at the oral cavity and ends at the anus. The digestive system involves five main processes in the digestive system; ingestion, digestion, absorption, assimilation and elimination. This report will focus on the digestive system, what it does, how the organs work, what is needed to keep it functioning properly and one of the diseases that affect the system. 2.0 What does the…

Esophagus- The esophagus is a muscular tube that runs behind the trachea. The upper esophageal sphincter is a bundle of muscles that keeps food from going down the windpipe. The lower esophageal sphincter when it’s closed prevents acid and stomach contents from traveling backwards. Stomach- The stomach receives food from the esophagus and strong acids help break the food down. A lining of mucus protects the stomach from digesting itself and the stomach also stirs the acid-food mixture. Then…

of the intestines both the small and the large intestines. It affects only the digestive tract of human beings. To enable one understand Crohn's disease, it is important to understand the whole digestive system and how it works in the process of digestion. The digestive system is made up of the digestive tract, the pancreases, liver and the gall bladder. Track refers to hollow organs joined from the mouth all the way to the anus. Food is ingested in the mouth and moves along the digestive tract…

to mimic the chemistry of digestion. The first one was to test for sugar. We used a dropper and measured 2 ml of maltose and 2 ml of benedict’s solution in a pyrex test tube. After, using a test tube holder, we placed the test tube in a boiling water bath and heated for 5 min. After the 5 min, using a test tube holder we removed the test tube from the water bath. We then repeated the same procedure using starch solution instead of maltose. When we did the test for digestion of starch. First,…