Stomach

Open Small Bowel Resection Small bowel resection is surgery to remove part of the small bowel. The small bowel, also called the small intestine, is the top part of the intestines. It is part of the digestive system. When food leaves the stomach, it goes into the small bowel. Most food is then absorbed into the body. A small bowel resection may be needed if the small bowel becomes blocked or harmed by disease. One type of procedure is called an open resection. This means the surgeon will make…

oga originated in India and has the purpose of stimulating both spiritual growth, mental wellbeing and physical health. Yoga contains many exercise programs, of which physical exercises, or hathayoga, is one. In the following the basic principles of hathayoga are outlined. An important part of physical yoga is the breathing exercises, or pranayama. This part is in many ways the most fundamental, because the basic type of breathing is also a part of the yoga postures - the asanas. The postures…

So You like a Tummy Tuck When we gain weight, our skin stretches beyond limits that when we lose some of the pounds later, what used to be stretched skin becomes wrinkled and flabby. Diet and exercise cannot help keep the skin firm in this case. So we turn to tummy tucks. A tummy tuck, more properly termed as abdominoplasty, is a surgical procedure done to a patient to remove excess skin or fat in the abdomen area as well as help tighten the muscles there. This procedure is also done to correct…

being lifted from 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…

Simethicone is an anti-foaming agent used to decrease an amount of bloating. Small amounts of hydrogen and methane with swallowed air mostly in the intestines and stomach is a common cause of bloating. Through experimentation it will demonstrate how the drug simethicone can get rid of excessive gas. The parts of the digestive system include the stomach, intestines, and esophagus. They work together to breakdown food to obtain nutrients. Everyone has gas bubbles in their gastrointestinal tract.…

see the blood dripping from his jacket “We need to go faster we won't make it out at this pace”. Without asking JJ started to run I had always thought JJ was tough but I was dumbfounded to see him actually running even with the stab wound in his stomach but in my head I was screaming oh gosh we can die out here oh gosh oh gosh. “You sure got that old lady for me”. At that moment I knew that JJ could trust me. We got home around nine o'clock we had barely made it and when we got there, my mom…

2.5.1. Digestive system The digestive tract of the penaeidae shrimp is divided into three regions (Figure 4): namely, foregut, midgut and hind gut. The embryological origin of the epithelial cells in the foregut and hindgut are derived from the ectodermal and covered with cuticle. However, the epithelial cells of the midgut are derived from the entodermal origin. This region of the gut is lack of cuticle; however, it is lined by a peritrophic membrane (Lovett and Felder, 1989, 1990a, 1990b).…

in the mouth and goes 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…

on the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) and its relation to gastroesophageal reflux disorder (GERD). The LES is composed of smooth muscle. The LES functions as a valve, relaxing when we swallow food or drinks so contents can easily pass into the stomach. It is…

food so that it may be more easily used. Down from the esophagus the bolus makes its way to the stomach. In the stomach more break down takes place. Mixing in the stomach’s strong acid the churning of the food helps the further break…