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The one community I belong in is defined by my interest. My interest involves is spreading awareness, raising money, and communicating with people who suffer from Crohn's Disease or Ulcerative Colitis. As an individual who suffers from Crohn's Disease since the age of nine, I want to do everything I possibly can in order to help find a cure for Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis. From grades seven to eleven, I raised money for Take Steps, Be Heard for Crohn's and Colitis. All the money went…

In the article “Mexico City Gives Small Shops the Business” by René, Drucker-Colín, Drucker-Colín discusses the success and growth of small businesses in Mexico City, Mexico. The author begins by discussing the issue of unequal commercial competition in Mexico City. She talks about large corporations reaching similar markets that smaller businesses reach, and how it has had some negative effects on small shops. This has led to the closing of small businesses and an increase in unemployment.…

Gastroparesis is a digestive system disorder; gastroparesis affects the stomach muscles. This disorder causes weakening of the stomach muscles, this causes poor churning and mixing of food by the stomach contractions and the normal movement of the stomach muscles that propel the food forward through the digestive tract is slowed down or in some cases they completely stop working. This prevents the food form being emptied from the stomach. Diet changes can be used to treat this condition.…

This third innermost oblique layer relates to the function of the stomach because it is the smooth muscle that is responsible for the churning function of the stomach that aids in its ability to digestive and move food from the stomach into the small intestine. The gastroesophageal junction is the junction between the esophagus and the stomach. The epithelium changes from…

The store I choose to write my Close-reading on is “ A Small Place” by Jamaica Kincaid. In the beginning of In a Small Place I had some mix feelings about it somewhere good and some bad. As the story starts it her telling use what’s happening and what she seeing for example. She describing her country by telling us how non-locals see the country as beautiful, but the locals who see it as a trashy and a bad corrupt place. I want to know why the author makes this point in the beginning? I can only…

Introduction A gastrointestinal arteriovenous malformation is a rare defect of tangled veins and arteries involving the intestine. This defect can occur anywhere in the intestine. The defect creates an abnormal collection of blood vessels that can put pressure on other parts of your body that are close by. It causes blood vessels to expand (dilate) over time and sometimes bleed. Many people with this defect never have any symptoms. This defect is present at birth (congenital). What are the…

Each kind of animal uses the mouth opening, and often teeth, to acquire the food regardless of what stage—live, raw, cooked, etc.—and introduce it to the digestive tract. Almost all animals have a small and large intestine, wherein the separation and absorption of nutrients occurs. At the end of the small intestine the caecum is found in almost every mammal, although the size among types of eaters varies. The un-digestible waste travels through the bowels and exits from the anus as feces.…

pages 651-652. Moreover, the reason this is correct is due to the fact that in the mouth there is salivary amylase that digests starch to maltose. Within the small intestine, maltose is further broken down into glucose. Within the Protein digestion pepsin which is produced by the stomach digests protein to peptides and continues in the small intestine where trypsin carries out this same process. Lipids digestion end with monoglycerides (glycerol + one fatty acid) and fatty…

product in a short time as compared to the profit they get when they sell their products in their stores. Indeed, this is not a good example for small companies, this article was interesting because it gives a clear example of how small businesses can make difference among big corporations. The difference between corporations and small businesses is that small businesses do not exploit their employees as much. Instead, they take care and motivate them to keep doing a better job. This article…

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…