NUTRITION IN HUMANS A) INTRODUCTION |Feeding/ ingestion |Is the intake of food into the body | |Digestion |The process whereby large food molecules are broken down into soluble and diffusible molecules that | | |can be absorbed into the body cells
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will remember these by studying this document and the picture above. Part Three: Mouth- Propulsion, Chemical digestion, Mechanical digestion. Small Intestine- Propulsion, Absorption, Chemical digestion, Mechanical digestion. Esophagus- Propulsion. Stomach- Propulsion, Absorption, Chemical digestion, Mechanical digestion. Large Intestine- Propulsion, Absorption, Chemical digestion. Part Four: Propulsion is the process that moves food through the alimentary canal. This also includes swallowing
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11/21/13 FLATULENCE Flatulence or “passing gas” is a normal biological process, like sweating, burping or breathing. It is usually a source of laughter and or embarrassment. Everybody farts, some people more than others. It is normal to pass gas from 6 to 20 times per day. In the majority of cases, it is not a serious condition. When we eat, drink or swallow saliva, we also swallow tiny amounts of air. This swallowed air accumulates in the stomach. The gas within our digestive system consists
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The gallbladder is an organ that is a part of the digestive system and is located in the upper right quadrant under the liver. The pear-shaped organ is a hollow sac that stores the digestive element bile, which is produced by the liver. Bile moves from the liver into the gallbladder for storage. When food is eaten, the gallbladder contracts and pushes the stored bile into the cystic duct and down the common bile duct into the duodenum of the small intestine where bile will help to break down food
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Anatomy and Physiology for Health and Social Care Assignment 3 Body Systems and their role in Energy Metabolism and The Inter-relationship between Body Systems Anatomy and Physiology for Health and Social Care Assignment 3 Body Systems and their role in Energy Metabolism and The Inter-relationship between Body Systems “Explain the physiology of two named body systems in relation to energy metabolism in your body” Cardiovascular system The cardiovascular system has
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1. Describe the four basic human body structure units and their functions The four basic human body structures and their units are as follows – • Cells • Tissues • Organs • Systems Cells A cell is the simplest and smallest unit of the human body. They can live independently and can also reproduce themselves. Cells exist in a variety of shapes and sizes including elongated, oval and square. Cells have many different functions. A group of cells is called a tissue. The
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Human Digestion Kathy Acosta SCI/241 Axia College of University of Phoenix September 16, 2010 Emily Wong-Swartz [pic] http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.fabioruini.eu/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/understanding-digestion.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.fabioruini.eu/blog/2007/06/&h=428&w=357&sz=71&tbnid=wqlDvSZfuxkdUM:&tbnh=246&tbnw=205&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpicture%2Bof%2Bdigestion&zoom=1&q=picture+of+digestion&usg=__xMGasEMTyU8TduXOS3k5N7PL9h4=&sa=X&ei=AOKSTObgHo74nAfj9a3aCA&ved=0CBkQ9QEwAA
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Assignment #25 whopper digestion process 7-6-11 Prior to taking you first bite, the cephalic stage of gastric function begins. You smell and think of the yummy meal you ordered (gastric activity is stimulated). Now you eat: the first mechanical process for ingesting your whopper occurs in your mouth with your teeth (mastication). You take a bite via the Incisors, shred it with Canines, and crush and grind the whopper with your Premolars/Molars. Your lingual papillae say "yummy". As you chew
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3 PAGINAS SECCIÓN: TÍTULO: Una épica batalla que viene de hace años COPETE: Desde siempre la rivalidad ha sido el mayor generador de fama, de prestigio y hasta si se quiere, de honor. Rolling Stones vs The Beatles, Maradona vs Pelé, Olimpia vs Cerro Porteño y más pero ninguna de ellas ha podido superar a la rivalidad que se tienen estas cuatro marcas Cuando tenemos antojos de una hamburguesa con papas fritas lo primero que se nos ocurre es ir a una de las dos grandes. Lo mismo pasa cuando
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Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament is affectation; to make judgment
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