Human Gastro-intestinal Tract Alec (Huu) Tran BIO/101 March 5, 2014 Ricardo Altschul Human Gastro-intestinal Tract Human gastrointestinal tract or digestive tract is considered one of the major organs in the human body. It helps the body digest foods and liquids then break it down into nutrients for the body to absorb. Once the food is place in the mouth, it is the starting of the digestive system. After the teeth breaks the food into smaller pieces mixed with saliva,
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Medication Critique Tammy Beaty Grand Canyon University NUR-641 September 24, 2013 Medication Critique Pepto Bismol (Pepto) is a popular gastrointestinal medication that has been around since the early 1900s (History of Pepto Bismoth, 2013). It is an over the counter medication that is found in many households. Proctor and Gamble is the pharmaceutical company behind this medication. The company has presented many catchy advertisements over the years. The marketing team began with advertising
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GASTROINTESTINAL INTUBATION Clients, especially those undergoing abdominal or gastrointestinal (GI) surgery, may require some type of tube placed within their stomachs or intestines gastrointestinal tubes provide nourishment to client who cannot eat. First, let’s take a look at which patients may be candidates for tube feeding .Patients with chronic illness or psychiatric or neurologic disorder ,such as alcoholism, chronic depression, or anorexia .Patients who are debilitated because of disease
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Animal Diversity Part I Introduction One of the primary goals of the second half of Biol 106 is to understand evolutionary relationships among animals and to gain an appreciation for the diversity of animal form and function. The huge diversity of animals requires us to divide our survey of different animals into a number of labs. Because of time limitations, we will consider only the major groups of animals, but your textbook can provide information about other groups represented by few or little
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What are the building blocks of carbohydrates? 7. Draw a lablled diagram of the human digestive system. 8. What is digestion? 9. What enzyme is present in the mouth and what role does it play? 10. What mechanism does the oesophagus use to move food? 11. How does the above mechanism in Q.10 work? 12. What is the name of the movement of stomach muscles in the process of digestion? 13. The stomach contains three types of cell what are these? 14. What is the role of he cells indentified in Q.13
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Nanotechnology Applications Kareema L. Smith Argosy University Nanotechnology can be described as manufacturing and or engineering on a small scale, this can be related to numerous areas of study and development – nanotechnology is utilized by several fields such as medicine, engineering, information technology, wild life, agriculture and the list goes on. When thinking of nanotechnology there is no way to tell what the future holds for scientist who research and study this field and how it
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providing them with needed energy. Groups of organs, such as the mouth, esophagus, stomach, and intestines, work together to perform this complex task. Digestion is the process of breaking down food from large molecules into small ones to make it easier for absorption. The three major steps involved in the digestive process are ingestion, digestion, and absorption. Ingestion, which occurs in the mouth, is the first step of the digestive process. After food enters the mouth, the teeth chew it
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Chapter 33: Animal Nutrition * Nutrition: food is taken in, taken apart, and taken up * Herbivores (plants or algae) vs. Carnivores (other animals) vs. Omnivores (All) * Most animals are opportunistic feeders – eat outside their standard diet when their usual foods aren’t available * Animals must eat * But, to survive and reproduce balance their consumption, storage, and use of food 33.1: AN ANIMAL’S DIET MUST SUPPLY CHEMICAL ENERGY, ORGANIC MOLECULES, AND ESSENIAL
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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY March 8th “What would men be without women? Scarce, sir... mighty scarce.” (Mark Twain) A woman has an awesome strength which empowers her to handle any problem that comes her way. She holds happiness, love and opinions. She smiles when she feels like screaming. If a woman’s persuasion can build a nation then ‘we run the world’. According to wiki.answers, two third of the world’s work is done by women. In most cases, it is the women who run the household and who
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Dehydration The body is made of 60% water and serves in the functions of digestion, circulation, secretion of saliva, the transportation of nutrients and the maintenance of the body’s temperature. We may go on without food for a long period of time but without water we may die of dehydration. Water or fluids is important when exercising because fluids can be lost during exercising through sweating and may result in muscle fatigue. With proper hydration you skin will look refreshed and your skins
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