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Homeostasis Assignment Jeanette Galvez ZOOL 2021.03 Instructor: Elizabeth Samuel Oct. 14 2015 The human digestive system involves the process of food throughout the body. The human body must break down the food to its basic form so that it may be properly absorbed and used. The human digestive system is essentially one big tube that starts from the mouth and moves its way down to the anus (Farabee 1992). The entire starts from the mouth where salivary glands along with teeth, starts to…

The digestive system is a series of hollow organs that form a long tube that extends from the mouth, through the abdominal cavity, and ends at the anus. It consists of the mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, and accessory organs such as the salivary glands, liver, gallbladder and pancreas. The digestive tract contains food from the time it is consumed until it is either absorbed by the body or eliminated; muscular contractions of the digestive tract help to…

In Jamaica Kincaid's introductory paragraph she explores what her reality would be like as a tourist in her home country. As she describes this to the reader (who is the audience) she shows how terrible the tourist can be to the island and how different and unwanted the tourist often is. In this piece, the author expresses a critical tone towards tourists through the use of imagery, parallel sentence structure, and the connotation of her words. In the opening paragraph of this essay, the…

stomach, small intestines, and large intestines. For the body to be able to receive energy and nutrients from food, six major functions take place in the digestive system: • Ingestion • Secretion • Mixing and movement • Digestion • Absorption • Excretion Inside the mouth, there are several accessory organs (teeth, salivary glands, and tongue) that aid the process of digestion. These organs breakdown…

Based on the case of Betty claiming a cat as a dependent there are two possible scenarios that a CPA might be involved in. Scenario one: Betty has been claiming her cat as a dependent and failed to clarify to the CPA that the dependent claimed on her taxes is a cat, not a human. In this scenario Betty is committing tax evasion because she is knowingly breaking the law to avoid paying taxes on all her taxable income by claiming her cat as a dependent. If a tax preparer is not provided with…

Digestive Test this in n out burger consisting of cheese, meat, tomato, lettuce, onions and the magical secret sauce will first go through the mouth. When it goes through the mouth you chew it with your teeth forming a mechanical digestion. Mechanical digestion is physically breaking down the food with your tongue and teeth. Saliva has enzyme amylase which begin with the chemical digestion of starches into sugars. It also contains water, mucus and electrolytes. The tongue hold participation in…

In Jamaica Kincaid’s 1990 novel, her writing created the story of a woman beginning a new phase of her life. The narrator struggles between her sense of self versus the new environment. “I was no longer in a tropical zone and I felt cold inside and out…” (lines 44-45) the narrator shows the obvious signs of fear to the unknown and a sense of homesickness magnifying her struggles to the reader. She was lost and unhappy in her new environment. She appears to be closed off and unwilling to take in…

The patient’s chief complaint was of sharp pain in the abdomen around the center. The primary organ related to midepigastrum abdominal pain is the pancreas. In the abdomen, the pancreas is located behind the stomach, between the spleen and duodenum. It is a long, slender gland that has a head, body and tail (Lewis, Dirksen, Heitkemper & Bucher, 2014). Peritoneum covers the anterior portion of the pancreas, while inside consists of lobes and lobules. The pancreatic duct enters the duodenum…

The gastrointestinal (GI) tract is a series of hollow organs that begins at mouth and extends to the anus. These hollow organs are the pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestines, and large intestines. The accessory organs are the liver, gallbladder, and pancreas. The same organs are found in the fetal pig as well. The pharynx, also known as the throat, is a muscular tunnel that extends from the nose to the esophagus…

Lipid Digestion: Absorption and Transport of Lipids Lipid digestion occurs primarily in the small intestine though a small amount of lipids are broken down in the stomach. Special enzymes called lipases breakdown triglycerides the most abundant lipids in the diet and phospholipids. Lingual lipase secreted by glands in the tongue and gastric lipase secreted by gastric chief cells hydrolyze a small amount of triglycerides into fatty acids and monoglycerides. As chyme enters the duodenum from the…