Esophagus

One out of three children in America is now considered obese or overweight. This fact makes childhood obesity one of the largest growing epidemics in America. Childhood obesity has a negative impact on children for a couple of different reasons. Obesity creates many complications regarding a child’s physical health. Bullying coincides with childhood obesity which results in peers taunting another child due to their physical appearance. In addition to harassment by other peers it also affects the…

This was my first day of clinical and I was pretty scared. However, I'm glad that I got chosen to be in the X-Ray department. Compared to other peers in our class, I would say I got the best experience. I got to shadow a student named Shannon who was also shadowing X-ray Technicians as well. She is now in a 2-year program where she does clinical rotations at Peconic, Brentwood, and Manningville Hospitals from 8-4 through Mon-Fri and all summer. When I first got there we went into a X-Ray exam…

the esophagus with or without regurgitation. However, gastroesophageal reglux disease (GERD) is reflux with the presence of bothersome or harmful symptoms and complications1. In pediatric patients, symptoms include regurgitation or spitting up, poor weight gain or weight loss, irritability, dysphasia, stridor, cough, hoarseness, hematemesis, and chest pain indicating heartburn. If left untreated, GERD can lead to more serious complications, such as erosive esophagitis and Barrett’s esophagus,…

hamburger is mixed with saliva and mucus, and has formed a ball called a bolus, the tongue pushes it back into the pharynx. From the pharynx, the bolus is directed through the epiglottis, which prevents chocking, and into the esophagus. The food moves through the esophagus by the process of peristalsis and enters the stomach. After the hamburger arrives in the stomach gastric juices are released from the gastric glands, for the action of pepsin. These gastric juices have hydrochloric acid that…

diagnosed with esophagus cancer. Hitchens did not let the fact that he had cancer stop him from enjoying his life as an author. He still proceeded to go make an appearance at his shows that he had scheduled and the book selling events he had scheduled before finding out the terrible news. Because Hitchens’s cancer was in his esophagus, he was still able to make appearances that weren’t too hard for him. The only thing that was different about his appearances since he found out that he has…

Introduction The gastrointestinal tract (GI) comprises of the oral cavity, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum, and 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…

The tongue itself has a lymphoid tonsil on its posterior surface- the lingual tonsil. The laryngopharynx extends from the superior border of the epiglottis to the inferior border of the cricoid cartilage, where it becomes continuous with the esophagus. Its anterior portion has the inlet of the larynx and the…

of a cookie involves a quick trip down your esophagus, a churn in the stomach and a slow, winding movement through the intestines. The Mouth The digestive process begins before the cookie even enters your mouth.Once you take a bite, your teeth initiate the mechanical digestion process.Your teeth smashes the cookie into smaller pieces and your tongue pushes it down your throat( esophagus), but also begins the chemical digestion…

and hardly ever start after the age of fifty. IBS is the common disorder in women that have negative change on patient’s quality of life and inconvenience on society. Digestive begins as soon as food enters the oral cavity to the esophagus. Once it passes the esophagus it enters the stomach, which digests the food and helps enter into the small intestine. The small intestine is divided into…

illnesses. II. Body: A. (Problem/Harm) Heartburn is a burning sensation in your chest that is caused by a backflow of stomach contents into the esophagus and is also referred to as gastroesophageal reflux. When this happens frequently it is then considered to be…