I observed my sister eating popcorn for this assignment. She began by taking a few pieces of popcorn, approximately 6 pieces, opened her mouth and put them in her mouth; this is the initiation of the oral-preparatory phase. Throughout this period, there is sensory input of the taste, and texture of the popcorn while saliva is also aiding in the breakdown of the food itself. There are moments where food is shifted to one side of the cheek (buccal cavity) to allow for room to chew other pieces. The
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Do you wonder what happens to your food once it is put into your body? It becomes broken down and turns into energy through the process called digestion. The digestive system is made up of organs and glands that are responsible for digestion. There are many organs in the digestive system, but the stomach and the pancreas have a vital role. The importance of the stomach and the pancreas can be seen through the structures, functions, and Pancreatic and stomach cancers. The structure of the pancreas
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Swallowed Foreign Body, Child Your child appears to have swallowed an object (foreign body). This is a common problem among infants and small children. Children often swallow coins, buttons, pins, small toys, or fruit pits. Most of the time, these things pass through the intestines without any trouble once they reach the stomach. Even sharp pins, needles, and broken glass rarely cause problems. Button batteries or disk batteries are more dangerous, however, because they can damage the lining of
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When the body first starts to digest food, this is called mechanical digestion. Your mouth has teeth that can chomp down on food and break it down. Mechanical digestion also happens in our stomach by contracting and breaking down food particles. Another thing that happens in your mouth is Chemical digestion. Your saliva has enzymes that break down starch in sugar which is comes from food. Your stomach also has chemical digestion because you stomach has pepsin and enzymes.
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The stomach is responsible for diluting the food an individual eats. It uses acidic digestive juices to dilute the food before it moves into the intestines, where it is broken down further; however, there are a variety of factors that can negatively affect the health of the digestive system. One such factor is damage to the lining of the stomach. If the lining of the stomach becomes damaged, a polyp may form. What is a Polyp? The term polyp refers to an unusual growth of tissue protruding from a
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Assignment: Human Digestion Summary Suehaydee Figueroa SCI/241 NUTRITION Professor Tiera Pack Lawyer March 21, 2013 The human digestive system is a complex series of organs and glands that processes food. In order to use the food we eat, our body has to break the food down into smaller molecules that it can process; it also has to excrete waste. Most of the digestive organs (like the stomach and intestines) are tube-like and contain
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Assignment: Human Digestion Summary Kasey Craycraft 2/18/13 SCI/241 Human Digestion Summary The digestive system provides two main functions, absorption and digestion. The main part of the digestive system is the gastrointestinal tract also referred to as the GI tract. This runs all the way from the mouth to the anus, about thirty feet long. The GI tract is made up of the mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine and anus. The transit time is the amount of
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The electronic reserve I chose to report on. Kim, S. K., Park, J. M., Choi, J. E., Rhee, S. K., & Shim, S. I. (2010). Intratendinous ganglion cyst of the semimembranosus tendon. British Journal of Radiology, 83(988), 79. With this article, it describes the pathology and etiology in the middle age with two diagnoses for tendinopathy, and colcinosis with pathology on collateral ligaments in the middle age. It describes the calcification within the fibular collateral ligament. It pertains to
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waste disposal. To help you understand how the many parts of the digestive system work together, here is an overview of the structure and function of this challenging system. Mouth The mouth is the beginning of the digestive tract; and, in fact, digestion starts here when taking the first bite of food. Chewing breaks the food into pieces that are more easily digested, while saliva mixes with food to begin the process of breaking it down into a form your body can absorb and use. Esophagus Located
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is the beginning of the small intestine. From the beginning part of the small intestine the chyme moves to jejunum. Then the chyme moves to ileum which is the last part of the small intestine. While the chyme is in the small intestine the food digestion and absorption is assisted by production of bile in the liver and then warehoused in the gallbladder. At this point the large intestine becomes part of the process. The bolus passes through a sphincter which is part of the organ that keeps the
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