Content (Digestive System) Group No.4 Submitted By: Castro‚Cendrix Paolo‚Christian Tolentino‚Athea Submitted to: Prof.Josephine Tondo Faculty-in-charge I.Description of the system Your digestive system is uniquely constructed to perform its specialized function of turning food into energy. Each step in digestion requires energy‚ and thus imposes an “overhead charge” on the energy made available from absorbed substances The major part of digestion takes place in the
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INTRODUCTION Enzymes are a protein serving as a catalyst‚ a chemical agent that changes the rate of the reaction without being consumed by the reaction. Enzymes are proteins made up of long chains of amino acids. These form complex shapes. The enzymes are individuals‚ like the different players on a ball team‚ they have different specific structures and jobs. As one ball player may be very tall and one short‚ the specific different shape of the active site on an enzyme is unique and prepares it
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THE ROMANOV FAMILY 1) Hemophilia is a kind of sex-linked disorder. The Romanovs actually have a child with symptoms of hemophilia. It is possible‚ that a family with the same genotypes have no children with hemophilia‚ because in Alexandra’s family this disorder was present then the chance of having a normal child was 50%. This is true each time a child is born to the family. 2) Skeletons can be identified trough few techniques in order to determine the age‚ sex‚ and race of the decedent.
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Advanced Animal Science: The Livestock Industry & How It Can Improve the World’s Food Population 1st Block Green Day Mrs. Zoglmann The Livestock Industry & How It Can Improve the World’s Food Population A question that is always on anyone who is involved in the agriculture industry’s mind is this: As the world’s population steadily rises and more and more countries continue to develop‚ will the livestock industry be able to keep up with the demanding increases?? As of today‚ world
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Investigating Functionalism Functionalism is a theory about the nature of mental states. According to functionalism‚ mental states are functional states that are defined by their functional roles (causal relations to other things) rather than their intrinsic qualities. To illustrate the difference between the two ways of defining something‚ entities such as clocks (to display time) and calculators (to manipulate numbers) are defined functionally‚ whereas entities such as water (H2O) and gold (Au)
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carried out by enzymes. Mechanical digestion: Is the physical breaking down of larger food into pieces to increase its surface area (the higher the surface area‚ the higher the rate of chemical digestion. Peristalsis: the squeezing of the digestive tract that pushes food down in one direction. Bolus: the partially digested food that is swallowed after mastication. Chyme: the partially digested food mixed with the enzymes and acid in the stomach. Bile: The secretion produced by the
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Cardiovascular Endurance I did the 1 mile walk and my time was 17 minutes and 26 seconds. My heart rate at the end of my walk was 100 bpm. My VO2 max was a 48.72 and for my people are around my age that just ranked in the category of just good. I was not able to perform the 3 minute step test because of medical reasons. The benefits of the step test would be that there is not a lot of energy being exerted by the participants. Unlike running‚ stepping comes natural making this test less challenging
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Functional Activity Lab After experiencing the Functionality Lab today‚ it is really interesting to see how elderly individuals have to compensate for the aging changes all throughout their bodies. From head to toe‚ the body is changing and tasks become more and more challenging for them. Starting off the lab‚ we put corn kernels in our shoes. Let me just say that by the end of the class I was glad I could take them out. For the elderly‚ they feel this uncomfortable and irritating sensation in their
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The purpose of this essay is to research and evaluate the digestive system effectively and extensively. Then describe the differences and indifferences of three different organisms in relation to their digestive system. The three organisms that have been chosen are the human‚ for comparative purposes‚ the Goliath Bird Eating Spider and the Cobra Lily carnivorous plant. The Human Digestive System Digestion is the breaking down of substance in the body‚ into an easier form of which it can be absorbed
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Digestive system disorders Digestive system disorders can cause a lot of discomfort. Symptoms can include gas‚ diarrhea‚ constipation‚ cramps‚ nausea and vomiting. These common symptoms can have very different causes. These kinds of symptoms can make digestive disorders hard to diagnose. Celiac disease Celiac disease occurs when the body’s immune system reacts to a type of protein called gluten. If a person eats food that contains gluten‚ the immune system will gradually damage the lining of
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