b 0 How does the body obtain and utilise energy? Fueled fitness centre 0151 898 1643 The cardiovascular system The myocardium‚ commonly referred to as the heart‚ acts as a pump for transporting blood around the body via a collective system‚ known as the cardiovascular system. This system has various components; blood vessels; mainly arteries‚ veins and capillaries. The cardiovascular system has four main functions within the body. Firstly to transport
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The Function and Mechanics of the Digestive System SCI/241 The Function and Mechanics of the Digestive System My 4 year old daughter asked me‚ “Mommy‚ how does food go to my stomach?” It is really weird the questions children ask but I had to explain. In this paper I will explain the function and mechanics of the digestive system. The body ’s method of taking the food we eat and breaking it down to obtain vital nutrients that will allow us to live and be healthy is digestion. According
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creating waste to be eliminated. The digestive tract (or gut) is a long twisting tube that starts at the mouth and ends at the anus. It is made up of a series of by muscles that coordinate the movement of food and other cells that produce enzymes and hormones to aid in the breakdown of food. Along the way are three other organs that are needed for digestion: the liver‚ gallbladder‚ and the pancreas. Stop 1: The Mouth The mouth is the beginning of the digestive system‚ and‚ in fact‚ digestion starts
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I have always been interested in the human body. So why not learn more about it? When I get older I want to be an orthodontist. Learning about digestive system helps me learn more about how the body works. Before I started this research I didn’t really know that much about the digestive system. I mostly knew the basics‚ like that food moves from the mouth to the throat to the stomach and then leaves the body. But in reality there is much more to digestion that I didn’t know about. I found plenty
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Patient Education Project The digestive system is a very complex but efficient system that allows the intake and disposal of material that allows the body to perform routine daily activities. The digestive system allows the intake of food and water to be broken down to be used for energy. The digestive system is made up of the mouth‚ esophagus‚ stomach‚ small and large intestines‚ colon and the rectum. A Potential life-threatening disease of the digestive system is color-rectal cancer. Color-rectal
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is taking the digested parts of the feed into the bloodstream. The digestive system includes the parts of the body involved in chewing and digesting feed. Essentially‚ during digestion‚ large and complex nutrient molecules are broken down into simpler molecules capable of being used by the organism for food. The type of digestive system determines the type of feed the animal can effectively use. There are two main types of digestive systems that will be discussed—ruminant and monogastric—including
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2 Y Nutrition in Animals food into simpler substances is called digestion. You have studied in Class VI that food consists of many components. Try to recall and list them below: 1. ______________________ 2. ______________________ 3. ______________________ 4. ______________________ 5. ______________________ 6. ______________________ no t The components of food such as carbohydrates are complex substances. These complex substances cannot be utilised as such. So they are broken down into
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food into usable molecules 2. List some other names of the digestive tract. Alimentary Canal (GI Tract) 3. Explain where and how the mechanical breakdown of food occurs. Teeth begin digestion mechanically‚ Chewing (“mastication”) breaks apart food‚ 2 sets of teeth‚ and the teeth are‚ Incisors for cutting‚ Canines “fangs” for tearing‚ and Premolars and molars for grinding 4. How does food move through the digestive tract? Movement through the tube which is by wavelike
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between the body and the external world‚ The nose often has hairs whose function is to stop unwanted particles from entering the lungs. Pharynx: Distinct regions—nasopharynx‚ oropharynx‚ and laryngopharynx. Common denominator for respiratory and digestive system. Larynx Trachea Bronchi Lungs Different Alveoli Cells: Type I alveolar cells -simple squamous cells where gas exchange occurs - Important for exchange. Type II alveolar cells (septal cells) * Free surface has microvilli
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into the Eustachian tubes‚ which connect the pharynx to the ear. The digestive system consists of the organs of the digestive tract‚ or food tube‚ and the digestive glands. From the esophagus‚ swallowed food moves into the stomach and then into the small intestine. Bile is a digestive juice made by the liver and stored in the gallbladder. Bile flows into a tube called the common bile duct‚ into which pancreatic juice‚ a digestive juice from the pancreas‚ also flows. The contents of the common bile
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