+Amendments for D2: Skeletal muscles allows for many different types of muscle contractions such as eccentric‚ concentric‚ isometric and isokinetic. These muscles are voluntary and the contractions produced have a huge impact on Wilkinson’s game. For example when he is striking a ball his quadricep contracts concentrically to produce force onto the ball. The more powerful the muscle the bigger the contraction‚ therefore if Johnny improves the strength of his quadriceps his kicking distance could
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Protein in the Digestive System Taylor Adams Biol 112- 501 18 April 2016 Introduction Proteins are found in nearly all foods that we eat. Once the food we eat makes its way to our stomachs‚ pepsinogen is released from chief cells. This enzyme mixes with hydrochloric acid in the stomach and begins to break down the proteins. Along with the stomach‚ the small intestine is also an important location for protein breakdown. The proteins from both locations are broken down into amino
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Beny Beans Journey of the Digestive System By Riley Trachtenberg Ahhhh! Before I could believe it I was being chewed up by wired teeth. The salivary glands made me all soft and moist. I was formed into a bolus like my Italian meatball friends. I looked at my other bean friends and they all looked terrified. While going down the esophagus it felt like we were going down the Drop of Doom. The peristalsis propelled us down the esophagus and into the stomach
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Cystic fibrosis‚ PKU and the Digestive system 1. What are the symptoms of cystic fibrosis and PKU with respect to the digestive system? Symptoms for cystic fibrosis include diarrhea that does not go away‚ foul-smelling stools‚ greasy stools‚ frequent urinating‚ frequent episodes of Pneumonia‚ persistent cough‚ skin tastes like salt‚ poor growth‚ chronic sinus infection. When phenylalanine builds up it affects brain functions and the central nervous system. Some symptoms include: skin problems
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the night at bars and nightclub aren’t wondering how alcohol affects their nervous system. The main goal is to get drunk and have a good time. Yet alcohol inhibits the brain’s ability to send signals to the spinal cord and nerve endings. The nervous system slows down greatly because it is absorbed right into the blood stream. Alcohol works the same as a sedative without the benefit of going through your digestive system. Because it enters directly into your blood stream‚ it is very dangerous. Your
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THE PATH OF FOOD THROUGH THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM The process of digestion can be fast‚ or can take some time depending on what a person has eaten. The time frame can also be affected by the person’s activity level. Food which is taken through the mouth is initially broken down by mechanical means. The teeth are responsible for grinding food‚ while the tongue assists the mixing of the food with saliva‚ which is secreted by the salivary glands‚ thereby initiating the chemical
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Anatomy Cardiovascular System The Cardiovasuclar system is one of the most important systems in your body and it is also one of the largest systems in your body. This system consists of the heart‚ and a system of vessels called arteries‚ veins and capillaries. They are responsible for transporting‚ nutrients hormones‚ oxygen and waste throughout the body. All of these play an important part in this system and the system would fall apart if one wasn’t there. This system is is powered by the hardest
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Diarrhea is a complication of the alimentary or digestive system‚ a complication we all have faced one time or another. Ivan Damjanov’s Pathology for the Health Professions defines diarrhea as “the frequent passage of loose‚ watery stools because of intestinal or pancreatic and hepatobiliary disturbances” (Damjanov‚ 2012). The primary reason why diarrhea occurs is due to an increase in colonic fluid volume in the intestines. The increase in colonic fluid is a result of three physiologic mechanisms
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Have you ever wondered which body system helps bring oxygenated and deoxygenated blood to the heart? Well that system is called the Circulatory System or the Cardiovascular System. Have you ever wondered which body system helps bring air into the lungs? That system is called the Respiratory system. You are probably wondering why I am mentioning the Respiratory and Circulatory system? I am talking about them because‚ these are the two system that I am going to be comparing and contrasting in this
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The Muscular System: Sliding Filament Theory 1. a. The thick filament is composed of what molecule? _Myosin______________________ b. Flexing the head of this molecule provides what is known as the __Power stroke_______________________. 2. The myosin head contains binding sites for what two molecules? a. ATP b. Actin 3. Three molecules make up the thin filament. a. Which molecule has a binding site for myosin heads? _Actin____________________________ b. Which molecule covers this binding
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