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    Doug Mccarthur Case Study

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    (nothing by mouth) diet order‚ given intravenous fluids and pain medication. The nurse is aware that the pancreas has two functions one being endocrine‚ secretion of hormones to assist with glucose control and the other being exocrine‚ aiding the digestive system. Doug is scheduled for gallbladder removal in the morning to treat the cholecystitis. 1. Doug asks what his gallbladder does. What is the nurse’s best response? The gallbladder stores bile‚ which is made in the liver. During the process of

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    your small intestine is right behind your belly button. Then the large intestine is located in the abdominal cavity. Then the anus is the rectum. b) After some research online I found the song I learned in 4th grade to help me remember the digestive system. (tune to row row row your boat:) chew chew chew your food chew it very well swallow it down into the esophagus‚ lands in your stomach dissolve‚ dissolve‚ dissolves your food the gastric juices do! when its done‚ it travels to your

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    and absorption. The human gut is a coiled‚ muscular tube extending from the mouth to the anus. Accessory digestive organs are connected to the main system by a series of ducts. These produce compounds that contribute to digestion and release them into the gut. The gut consists of four distinct layers; the mucosa‚ submucosa‚ muscularis externa and serosa. Draw diagram of the digestive system The buccal cavity is the chamber just inside the mouth where the chewing action of teeth and jaws and the

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    Digestive system 6.1.1 explain why digestion of large food molecules is essential * Large food molecules are polymers‚ broken down into monomers in order to be absorbed into the blood * Humans eat substances by other organsims‚ many which are not suitable for human tissues therefore they must be broken down and reassembled in a form that is suitable * Many molecules in foods are too large to be absorbed by the villi in the small intestine‚ the large molecules have to be broken down

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    Frog Dissection

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    Leopard Frog Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum Vertebrata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Genus: Rana Species: Rana pipiens I. Purpose: To examine the frog externally and internally by dissection. II. Materials: 1. Frog 2. Dissection pan 3. Manual 4. Dissection utensils III. Methods: A. External: The dissectors set up for their lab by getting the following materials: the frog‚

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    Human Digestion SCI/241 Human Digestion The beginning of the digestive process starts with the smell and sight of food which activate the salivary glands. The mouth is the point at which food enters the digestive tract and continues the digestive process by chewing food. The food is then broken down into pieces and moistened by salivary glands which turn food into a bolus. The bolus goes down the pharynx into the esophagus which connects the pharynx to the stomach. The stomach is an organ

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    Liver and Colon Cleanse

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    grains‚ pomegranates‚ vegetables and other fruits. Phase two of liver detoxification involves adding to the produced harmless substances from phase one to make them soluble in water. Once they are water-soluble‚ they can then be passed into the digestive tract and ejected through urination or bowel movement. To best way convert these harmless products is through the use of sulfur. Take foods rich in sulfur such as eggs‚ cauliflower‚ cabbages and broccoli. Colon cleansing The easy way to do colon

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    Pig I; external anatomy‚ skeleton‚ digestion Anatomy of a pig Pig digestive system Tongue • For taste • Pushing food into the esophagus Papillae • Rough edges of that tongue that contain the taste buds Hard and soft palate • Separate the nasopharynx from the mouth Parotid gland • Secretes saliva (amylase enzyme) which breaks down starches into sugar Stomach • Stores food • Begins digestion of tissues

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    How Does Digestion Work

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    The human digestive system consists of the gastrointestinal tract plus the accessory organs of digestion (the tongue‚ salivary glands‚ pancreas‚ liver‚ and gallbladder).[1] In this system‚ the process of digestion has many stages‚ the first of which starts in the mouth. Digestion involves the breakdown of food into smaller and smaller components‚ until they can be absorbed and assimilated into the body. Chewing‚ in which food is mixed with saliva begins the process of digestion. This produces a bolus

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    Biology

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    following statement: ‘All living things depend on plants’. As animals are heterotrophs‚ they need to eat other species to survive. If mammals only depended on other mammals‚ there would be no animal with nutrients. Only plants have self-feeding systems which is similar to ‘free food’ to the animals. 5) Write out the word equation that summarises the process of photosynthesis. Water + Carbon Dioxide –(with the presence of chlorophyll‚ starch and sunlight)-> glucose and oxygen. 6) Compare aquatic

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