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    allergy1 but rather considered an autoimmune disorder that will affect the villi which can cause malabsorption in the gastrointestinal tract.2 In general, the villi will help absorb the nutrients from the food. When eating gluten, the villi in the small intestine will become inflamed. When the villi are not working properly nutrient deficiencies will be a result which is also malabsorption.1 Gluten is in a lot of foods that athletes eat when they are preparing for a big event. Some of the more…

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    minimized and side effect associates with concentration are also minimized. 3- Complete absorption of drug from the floating formulation is expected even at alkaline pH of intestine. The dissolution occurs in gastric fluid and after emptying of the stomach contents the dissolved drug is available for absorption in small intestine. 4- Because of site‐specific absorption from the upper part of the GIT, Drugs that have poor bioavailability are potential candidates to be formulated as floating drug…

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    1. Through which organs, and in what order does the bolus of food travel? • The bolus of food first travels to the oral cavity, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and then to the large intestine. 2. How long does the food remain in each segment of the digestive tract and what physiological processing takes place during this time? • Chemical and mechanical digestion begins in the oral cavity. Temperature, taste, texture are sensed, and the saliva helps the chemical digestion because…

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    Celiac disease is a lifelong autoimmune inflammatory disease in the small intestine, due to an abnormal immune response to Gluten products when ingested. Those affected by CD have an abnormal reaction during digestion of gluten products, leading to gastrointestinal complications and is also linked to the development of several other health problems. Roughly 60,000 Americans are diagnosed each year with this disorder, while scientist believe that 1 in 140 people have this disease and are unaware…

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    Small Bowel Obstruction

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    Discussion Small intestinal obstruction is the most commonly found surgical problem of the small intestine. Generally patients with small bowel obstruction present with variable clinical symptoms and sign such as pain in abdomen , vomiting, constipation, abdominal distension and tenderness [4,7]. Intraabdominal adhesions associated to previous abdominal surgery is the commonest cause of mechanical small bowel obstruction. Other causes are hernias, neoplasms, malrotation , tuberculosis and…

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    the plate and placed in the mouth, the poor pizza goes on a long journey through the digestive system and eventually is turned into waste after passing through the 6 primary organs of the digestive tract: the mouth, oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine and anus. The process of digestion starts when Bob the pizza is placed in the mouth. The main structures of the mouth are the teeth, tongue, salivary duct and oesophagus. Bob is killed, being chewed on by the teeth, enclosed in a…

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    Hookworms are small and short worms. They live in the small intestines of man. They are called hookworms because each of them has hooks on its head around the mouth. The worm attaches itself to the inside wall of the intestine by these hooks. Hookworms feed on blood. They suck this from the wall of the intestine to which they are attached. There are often several hookworms at the same time in the child's tummy. All of them feed on the blood of the child. Therefore, one of the major effects of…

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    can eat. How might this be? Well, let’s take a look at Celiac Disease. What exactly is Celiac Disease? According to NIH, “Celiac Disease is an immune disorder in which a person cannot tolerate gluten causing it to damage the inner lining of the small intestine” (2014). Gluten is a protein that is commonly found in wheat, rye, and barley. When a person easts foods or use products that contain gluten, the immune system tends to damage or destroy the villi. Without healthy villi, a person then…

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    your large intestine, where diverticulitis starts to develop. You will be introduced to the different ways diverticulitis affects your wellbeing. Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis are a sickness that develops in the large intestine. When you are diagnosed with diverticulosis it’s just the first diverticulum acquired in the stomach. Diverticulosis is the mild process that forms on the walls of the colon. Usually this disease will be noticeable when symptoms appear…

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    b. Describe the location of the kidneys in the fetal pig. The kidneys are located behind the abdominal organs behind the intestines and up against the dorsal part of the pig. One kidney sits on either side of the spine. c. Describe the path that urine takes to exit the body, starting in the kidney. Urine travels from the KIDNEYS, through the two URETERS (one for each kidney)…

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