Human Digestion Shaunda SCI/241 05/16/14 Human Digestion From what I have learned from the weekly readings and watching the animated digestive tract. When humans digest food‚ we go through a complex process‚ in which the food eaten is turned into energy that is needed in order to survive. During the digestion process the food eaten becomes waste that has to be eliminated eventually. I will discuss how this process works in each area of mouth‚ stomach‚ small intestine
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Physical and Chemical Properties Toby Orme-Lab 4 Solubility or Reaction Substance Name Color Odor Effect of Heat Cold H2O Hot H2O Litmus Test Dilute HCl Dilute NaOH Mg Silver N/A N/A Non soluble Bubbles Basic Hot/fizz N/A Cu Copper N/A Purple then turned black Non soluble N/A N/A N/A N/A Zn Silver N/A N/A Non Soluble N/A N/A Vaporized and fizzed N/A MgO White N/A Omits gas Hazy mix Boiled Rapidly Basic Got hot and fizzed Became thick or pasty CuCO3 Green N/A Turned black Hazy Green Became powdery
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objective of this experiment is to differentiate between a physical change and a chemical change. A physical change includes a change in the material without affecting its composition‚ such as the physical state change. However‚ a chemical change includes the change in the composition of the substance. The change in color‚ formation of a gas or a solid product‚ and the production of energy are the evidences of a chemical reaction‚ thus‚ of a chemical change. Materials Crucible tongs Evaporating
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PHYSICAL SCIENCE physical change-changes affecting the form of a chemical substance‚Physical changes are used to separate mixtures into their component compounds Example:breaking glass Chemical changes- when a substance combines with another to form a new substance ‚called chemical synthesis. Example: burning wood Law of Conservation of Mass-The law of conservation of mass states that mass in an isolated system is neither created nor destroyed by chemical reactions or physical transformations
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The digestion process The digestion process begins in the mouth. First we take a bite of food. The presccence of food in the mouth stimulates the flow of saliva from the salivary glands. Saliva moistens the food and carries dissolved food molecules to the taste buds. Saliva helps digest food because it contains enzymes that start to break it down. After the food is covered with saliva‚ you then begin to chew your food. Chewing breaks down food into smaller pieces and also breaks apart fiber that
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Digestion is a process in which the food that we eat is broken down into tiny nutrients to be taken in by the body. Within the human digestive system‚ chemical and physical reactions occur that allow for the digestion and the absorption of proteins into the bloodstream. The purpose of this paper is to show how chemistry relates to the daily functions within the body. There are two types of digestion processes‚ which are called mechanical and chemical digestion. Mechanical digestion includes the
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While the text states that taking "drugs won’t enhance creativity"‚ I disagree‚ because for one‚ some of our best music comes from the major drug using era known as the 60’s‚ 70’s‚ & 80’s. All joking aside‚ I mainly just disagree with this statement in particular because I think it could have been worded a bit differently and really define what they mean by a “drug” especially because I think addiction affects everyone. What people think about when they see the word can be anything (usually derived
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had a larger BMR). The dose of thyroxine in the syringe was therefore too small. 7. The hypophysectomized rat’s BMR increased as well‚ and once again‚ the BMR of the normal rat was still larger and so the dose was still too small. Part 3: 8. The normal rat’s BMR increased from the TSH injections. 9. The thyroidectomized rat’s BMR increased by a little but the BMR of the normal rat was still bigger and so the dose was too small. 10. The hypophysectomized rat’s BMR increased from
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Digestion/ Absorption and Homeostasis In order to survive‚ our bodies must bring in energy and nutrients for the cells of the body through eating and digestion of food. To be carried to the cells of the body by the blood stream‚ food must be broken down to molecules. This breaking down of food into molecules‚ small enough to be absorbed into and carried through the blood stream‚ is carried out by the digestive system through the process of digestion and absorption. Digestion is the process of
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| | | 2. Using the descriptions of the egg white that you wrote in the Student Guide‚ rank the test tubes in order of greatest amount of digestion to least amount of digestion. For each tube‚ explain why it would have exhibited that that level of digestion. Answer: |Tube with greatest amount of digestion: | |Test Tube 4
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