Large intestine

Teeth are essential to the human body. They are the parts of our body that help us to chew. It gives people the sense of taste and, partially the sense of smell. Teeth are small, tough, whitish compositions made of calcium found in the mouth. Their main purpose is to break down food by chewing it and destroying it so the food can be ready for digestion. We clean our teeth so we do not get them infected or dirty from something. Sometimes, however we can get diseases from the teeth. We can protect…

Taste or gustation is one of the senses that we have. We use it when we eat or drink something and we use our tongues for that sense. There are different tastes that we can perceive by the different sides in our tongues. There is the sweet taste, which we can usually have when we eat candies or chocolates, bitter, when drinking coffee, salty taste, like the taste of the salt, our sweat or tears and then there’s the sour taste, the thing that can get your face looked crumpled like when you eat an…

The main objective of this lab was to observe the effect of the enzyme concentration versus the reaction time of an enzymatic reaction, and the effects of the reactants and products concentration direction of the reaction. Specifically, in this lab the enzymes salivary amylase and phosphorylase were looked at the effect of the enzyme concentration versus the reaction time of an enzymatic reaction were observed by the iodine test along with the benedict’s test. Enzymes are known as biological…

Description of Disease Gastro - Oesophageal Reflux Disease, or commonly known as GERD is a digestive disorder that occurs and affect the lower cardiac sphincter, the circular muscle that constricts and closes the passage way of the bolus (food). Gastro – Oesophageal means the lower oesophagus area and the upper stomach. Reflux means the backwash or return of a substance and in this case the return and backwash of stomach contents back up the oesophagus. During a normal digestion, the cardiac…

Purpose: The kidneys are a very important organ responsible for removing nitrogenous waste in the body. Every day, the kidneys filter about 120 to 150 quarts of blood to produce about 1 to 2 quarts of urine, composed of wastes and extra fluid. To understand how this amazing organ works, it‘s important to explore and learn about each component. This dissection of kidney is a great opportunity to earn first hand on experience with the kidney and understand it role in the unary system.…

you her final story. October 26th 2016, was the day my grandma was diagnosed with bile duct cancer. Bile duct cancer, also called cholangiocarcinoma, is a cancer in the tubes that brings the digestive fluid bile though the liver to the small intestine. About 8,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with bile duct cancer each year. This type of cancer is also a terminal cancer or a cancer that cannot be treated. On October 26th, I got a call from my mom saying, “Your grandma is in the…

Gillian Bianchi and Sarah Collins February 10, 2016 Dr. Leydon SLP-585-A Larynx Dissection 1. When we began we saw the trachea, the aditus, vestibule, and the aryepiglottic folds. a. The trachea is the tube-like structure that attaches to the cricoid, and brings oxygen into the lungs. b. The esophagus is the structure on the posterior side of the structure, this structure brings the bolus into the stomach. c. The aditus is the opening at the top of the structure d. The vestibule e. The…

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from the mouth to the stomach then to the small intestine. In the mouth, some of the hard fats begin to melt as they reach body temperature. The salivary gland in the base of the tongue then releases an enzyme called lingual lipase. In the stomach, the churning causes fat with water and acid to mix. Very little of the digestion happens in the stomach because most of it happens in the small intestine. When the fat from the stomach enters the small intestine, then a hormone called cholecystokinin…

As the diaphragm contracts and the intercostal muscles relax, a negative intrathoracic pressure is created which generates a pressure gradient between what is currently higher air pressure outside the respiratory airways, thus directing airflow into the nostrils towards the lungs. A molecule of oxygen near the nostril is sucked in to this moving air and enters the nasal cavity where it experiences turbulence due to the irregular path created by the nasal conchae and nasal meatuses. Here, other…