Digestive System Digestive system includes the stomach‚ liver‚ pancreas‚ duodenum‚ ileum and colon. What is a Digestive system? Digestion is a breakdown and transportation of the solid and liquid food into microscopic substances therefore theses substances are then transported into different areas of the body The digestive system is a set of organs which transforms whatever we eat into substances that can be used in the body for energy‚ growth and repair. Once the food has been
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2. Trace the path of food from ingestion to defecation. Briefly describe what happens at each stop on the journey. Digestion process of carbohydrates: 1. Mouth- moistening of food due to the action of the salivary glands‚ polysaccharides breaks down by the salivary amylase. 2. Pulpy acidic fluid called
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preventing and treating excessive gas in the gastrointestinal tract. ex. Simethicone - SIMECO ANTI-DIARRHEAL – agents in the treatment of LBM Loperamide – DIATABS‚ IMODIUM‚LORMIDE Attapulgite – POLYMAGMA LAXATIVES- drugs that promote defecation Lactulose – DUPHALAC Bisacodyl – DULCOLAX Senna concentrate- SENOKOT Mineral oil HEPATIC PROTECTORS- drugs that counteract the effect of other agents to the liver Silymarin – LIVERAIDE Phospholipid and minerals ESSENTIALE
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Water Scarcity & the Importance of Water Introduction: This report has been written to inform you of the world water crisis which is getting worse every second. It has also been written to inform you about the water scarcity and importance. Water Scarcity and importance: Clean‚ safe drinking water is not easy to find any longer. Today‚ nearly 1 billion people in the developing world don’t have access to it. Yet‚ we take it for granted‚ we waste it‚ and we even pay too much to drink it from little
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SWACHH BHARAT ABHIYAN Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is a Clean India drive and Mission launched as a national campaign by the Indian Government in order to covering the 4041 statutory towns aiming maintained cleanliness of streets‚ roads and infrastructure of the country. Indian Prime Minister‚ Narendra Modi has officially launched this mission on 2nd of October (the birth anniversary of the Mahatma Gandhi) in 2014 at the Rajghat‚ New Delhi (cremation of Bapu). While launching the event Prime Minister himself
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Constipation Spencer Johnson 4/29/14 Med. Professions 5th period Constipation occurs when a person has small‚ dry and hard stools that are painful and difficult to Defecate. The length of time which a person can be constipated varies from a short amount
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Culture presentation ISLAM Linguistically‚ Islam means submission. According to Islamic terminology‚ Islam means a specified submission to what the Prophet Muhammad‚ peace be upon him‚ brought.Muslims believe in all the Prophets & Messengers‚ beginning with Beliefs Muslims believe that God gave us the faculty of reason‚ by which we are able—if we employ it—to discern truth from falsehood. Muslims also believe that Islam is the complete and universal version of a primordial faith that
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Introduction to fact sheets on water Contents • Presentation • Introduction to fact sheets on water • Introduction to fact sheets on sanitation • Introduction to fact sheets on hygiene education The quantity and quality of the water that we drink is directly linked to health. If the water is contaminated with germs or chemicals‚ health will be affected. Outbreaks of diseases transmitted by water have a major impact on human health. Examples of diseases which can be transmitted by water
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The Man Booker Prize is my choice. Unlike the Pulitzer‚ the Booker Prize focuses specifically on rewarding authors who attained the highest level of novel writing. Also‚ the Booker prize is impartial as it rewards any writer who is a citizen of any Commonwealth country‚ as opposed to the American-only Pulitzer. Hence‚ I feel that the Booker prize encompasses a wider range of literature and is a better judge of good books. After much consideration‚ I have settled upon Life of Pi by Yann Martel.
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compromised in arid areas because both parents and children are pre-occupied with search for water. In such areas‚ children may never break away from poverty. The safety and quality of drinking water is further in jeopardy as the culture of open defecation has been socially accepted and widely practiced in most of the rural settings and partly in urban areas as well (Aschalew‚ 2009). For these very reasons‚ the prevalence of water born diseases caused by accessing to unsafe drinking water sources
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