Dogs with small stomachs for their size (not necessarily only the smallest breeds) can suffer distress when the dry food expands inside their stomach after eating. Solutions for dogs that gulp too much air include elevated feeders, and exercise after meals. We recommend trying both to see if ...
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In birds, the rectum is short and straight and expands rapidly to form the cloaca. The contents of the GI, urinary, and reproductive tracts all empty into the cloaca and are excreted or laid (Bone 1988). View chapter Chapter Adaptations of Gut Structure to Function in Herbivores* ...
The increased pressure on your diaphragm and lungs as your belly expands can make itharder to breathe. And the pressure of your uterus against your bladder can mean you have to run to the bathroom topee frequently. If you feel sensations of stomach tightening or hardness that come and go, ...
Disulfide bonds crosslink adjacent mucin molecules and their oligosaccharides provide a viscoelastic structure that expands with hydration. The mucin layer is further stabilized by trefoil factors, which are small peptides that interact with the carbohydrate side chains. The hydrophobicity of the mucous ...
The diaphragm is the largest muscle of respiration and separates the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity. During inspiration it pushes the abdominal contents downwards as the chest cavity expands. On the left side, the most prominent feature is the diaphragmatic opening which allows the esophagus...
To accommodate ingested food, the fundus relaxes and expands from 50 mL to up to 4 L. This is followed by recurrent three-minute peristaltic waves that mill food into 0.5- to 2-mm particles. Each peristaltic wave also empties 2–4 mL of chyme through the pylorus and into the duodenum, ...