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    DIGESTION Cooking vs. Digestive Processes Cooking Processes: Grilling Microwaving Frying Roasting Barbeque Boiling Steaming Poaching Digestive Processes: Ingestion Propulsion Mechanical digestion Chemical digestion Absorption Defecation Salivary Digestion SALIVARY DIGESTION Salivary Glands the salivary glands are a collection of accessory organs surrounding the mouth that secrete a fluid called saliva. Saliva consists of 99.5 % water and 0.5 % solutes. medium for dissolving

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    How does food move through the body? Food passes through the GI tract‚ and mixes with digestive juices. Eventually‚ it causes large molecules of food to break down into smaller molecules. Then‚ the body absorbs the smaller molecules through the walls of the small intestine into the bloodstream The bloodstream then delivers the small molecules to the rest of the body. After this‚ the food continues into the large intestine‚ and out your body. What happens during the chemical digestion in the

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    Alimentary System 1.1 – The burden of GI diseases • List the names of the organs of the alimentary tract • Mouth and Oesophagus • Stomach • Liver • Biliary system • Pancreas • Small intestine (consisting of duodenum‚ jejunum and ileum) • Large intestine (consisting of colon‚ rectum and anus) • Describe the symptoms and signs of alimentary tract disease Symptoms: General: • Anorexia • Weight loss • Anaemia

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    and I will remember this because it’s smaller than the stomach and it is above the transverse colon. Transverse colon: Located around the stomach and it is very close to the liver. I will remember where this is located because it is the biggest digestive part that is on the picture. Descending colon: It is located on the left side of the body‚ after the transverse colon and I will remember this because it is right underneath the transverse colon. Rectum: The rectum is located right above the anal

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    Lifestyle or Medication Paper 1 Lifestyle or Medication Paper Amanda Bonnett HCA/240 7/14/2013 Nicole Vick Lifestyle or Medication Paper

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    Alyssa Perez 807 research question: how do bull frogs compare and contrast to humans ? background info; A. animal kingdom B. rana castles beiana C. There habitat is anywhere near water and are mostly located in eastern america D. The bullfrog is a vertebrate because bullfrogs has a skeleton E. They have an endoskeleton because there skeleton is inside their body not outside F. Cold blooded because their body temperature need to change with the environment G. A bullfrog life cycle starts with the

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    dairy‚ there are no good answers that apply across the board. Estimates show that 3/4 of people are intolerant to dairy. If you have any digestive discomfort‚ or if you’ve been diagnosed with any other food sensitivities‚ like celiac disease‚ it might be a good idea to cut out all dairy in order to heal your digestive system. Having a functioning digestive system is one of the most crucial aspects of health‚ as your digestion takes the nutrients from your food and turns it into fuel that is usable

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    Casie Coffin Disease Process ___Constipation____________________________________________ Pathophysiology Poorly understood but is thought to include interference with one of the three major functions of the colon: mucosal transport‚ myoelectric activity‚ or the processes of defecation. The urge to defecate is stimulated normally by rectal distension

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    down to the stomach‚ the stomach is a very cool place‚ it stores food for 1-6 hours but during this time it churns the food into a chyme‚ partially digests protein and absorbs water‚ the stomached is lined with a layer of mucus which prevents the digestive juices from damaging the walls of the stomach‚ the juices also contain hydrochloric acid which kills bacteria and microorganisms. I can also see something else! The liver is the body’s largest gland‚ It sits to the right of the stomach where it not

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    PATHOPHYSIOLOGY Medical Diagnosis: Cholecystitis/Cholelithiasis Nursing Diagnosis: Activity intolerance r/t laparoscopic abdominal incisions AEB SOB during ambulation‚ increased respirations at 38‚ O2 sat 80% room air after walking 50 ft. Normal Physiology: The gallbladder is situated inferior to the liver. The gallbladder is a structure that functions as a storage space for bile that is produced in the liver. The liver produces and secretes bile

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