What happens to food in the duodenum? How is food digested in the intestines? How does food move through the intestines? What happens to pepsin when it enters the small intestine? How does the digestive system work? Explain the mechanism that moves food through the gastrointestinal tract. ...
Rather than boil it down to make maple syrup, they bottle the fluid. The sap is a lightly sweet and refreshing alternative to plain water that contains “a little bit of natural sugar for optimal osmolality, meaning it optimally transports the fluid and electrolytes across the small intestine ...
Sometimes the stomach stops producing {eq}HCl {/eq}. What effect would this condition have on digestion? How about {eq}RBC {/eq} count? Stomach: The stomach is an organ of the alimentary canal which temporarily stores food before final chemical diges...
Food will bypass (go around) the rest of the stomach and move directly into the small intestine. The surgery makes your stomach permanently smaller so that you feel full sooner and cannot eat as much during meals. Your body will not absorb as many calories from food because part of your ...
The cells are changed into or replaced by cells that line your intestines. When IM happens in the esophagus, it is called Barrett esophagus. IM is a precancer lesion. This means it is not cancer yet, but it may develop into cancer over time. IM can be a sign that you are at a ...
Cancer happens when cells in a part of the body grow abnormally or in an out-of-control manner. We don’t know exactly why obesity—or even just carrying extra weight—seems to drive cancer rates, but one theory is that fat cells may release hormones that impact this abnormal cell growth...
Fecal impaction (FI) is a serious condition in which a hardened stool gets stuck in the large intestine (colon), often resulting in the inability to pass stool. It often happens in people who have chronic constipation issues. Treatment involves clearing out the stool mass. Without prompt treatm...
This is a dangerous birth defect that affects up to 1 in 2,500 babies. It happens when the diaphragm (the wall of muscle that separates your chest and belly) has a hole. The baby’s still-growing organs can slip through the hole and crowd the lungs. ...
What causes the lining of your uterus to thicken? Endometrium: The lining of the uterus is called the endometrium. It consisted of a basal layer closest to the uterine wall and a functional layer closest to the uterine cavity. The endometrium is where a fertilized egg implants and begins to...
They don’t have enough of the enzyme lactase which is found in small intestine and helps to break up lactose into its component sugars, glucose and galactose. Common symptoms of lactose intolerance are nausea, cramping, bloating, gas and diarrhea occurring within thirty minutes to two hours of...