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    The main job of the small intestine is to break down digested material (assimilation) with the use of chemicals in order to break down large molecules of food into little molecules and to absorb most of the nutrients from everything we eat or drink through the intestine walls via the process of diffusion. As written in IvyRose Holistic website, “Digested material may be transported into blood vessels in the wall of the small intestine by the processes of simple/passive diffusion, facilitated diffusion, primary active transport, or secondary active transport.” (2016, para. 12). So digestion means the process where food and drink are broken down into very small pieces in order for the body to be able to use them sustain cells and for energy.…

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    The small intestine consists of three divisions: The duodenum is the uppermost division and the part to which the pyloric end of the stomach attaches. it is about 25 cm (10 inches) long and is shaped roughly like the letter C. The name duodenum , meaning " 12 fingerbreadths," refers to the short length of this intestinal division. The duodenum becomes jejunum at the point where the tube turns abruptly forward and downward . The jejunal portion continues for approximately the next 2.5 m (8…

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    Wolf’s small intestine is similar to other mammals in structure and function. Except that wolf’s small intestine is shorter than other non-ruminants. There is a trend in digestive system lengths correlate to an animal’s diet (Strack and Linzey.) Carnivores like wolves have less complex and less variety of diet (Strack and Linzey.) Unlike humans, wolves have smaller pancreas, which mean less enzymes produced(Griffiths and Ruish.) Wolves need to eat digested food with enzymes or easily digested…

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    collection of organs that work together to enable the body to digest and absorb numerous substances. It is often described as a long muscular tube starting at the mouth, and ending at the anus. The esophagus, stomach, small intestine (consisting of the duodenum, jejunum, and the ileum), and the large intestine (consisting of the cecum, ascending, transverse, and descending colon, the sigmoid, rectum, and anus), all make up the gastrointestinal tract. The esophagus is the starting point for the…

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    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 process…

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    The body makes secretin when chyme enters the duodenum of the small intestines. Like others, secretin is made by special cells in the duodenum. As we have learned for some of the other hormones, secretin targets the stomach to make less enzymes and acid, and to make the mixing action slow down. More importantly, though, secretin also causes the liver to make more bile, while causing the pancreas to make bicarbonate ions. Bicarbonate ions are very important for the duodenum because in order…

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    Digestion Research Paper

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    In the small intestines, the pancreas and the liver contributes digestive juice which travels through a duct leading to the duodenum as well as the small intestine containing intestinal juice. The intestinal juice consists of bile, bicarbonate, and digestive enzymes. Pancreatic juice is an example of digestive enzymes that helps digests fats, carbohydrates, and proteins. The bicarbonate is used and a buffer to neutralize the acidic chyme as it enters the small intestines. Bile is secreted by…

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    Esophagus Essay

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    the stomach also stirs the acid-food mixture. Then the pyloric sphincter opens to allow food to pass from the stomach to the small intestine. Duodenum- The duodenum connects the stomach to the small intestine. Partially digested food from the stomach gets digested in it. Bile from the liver and gallbladder,…

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    the small intestine. There, it continues breaking down food that has left stomach. The pancreas also produces the hormone insulin and secretes it into the bloodstream, where it regulates the body’s glucose or sugar level Mouth: • the mouth is the first portion of the alimentary canal that receives food and produces saliva. The oral mucosa is the mucous membrane epithelium lining the inside of the mouth. • Mechanical digestion begins in the mouth as the food is chewed. Chemical digestion…

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    Lactose Intolerance

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    chronic digestive disorder in which a person’s intestinal tract lacks the ability to make lactase. It results from a drop in or disruption of the production of lactase in the small intestine. The small intestine is a primary part of the digestive system, and is the longest part of the gastrointestinal tract and makes up about three quarters of the digestive system. It is a hollow tube like organ that connects to the stomach one end and the large intestine on the other. The small intestine is…

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