... the breaking down and distributing what the body needs and doesn't need. There are a number of complications that can occur in the digestive system and here are some of the medical terms that describe them. Gingivitis refers to the inflammation of the gums. This disease can cause ... the word means tumor. If someone is diagnosed with hepatoma, they most likely have a damaged liver that can no longer function in the digestive system to protect the body from harmful substances. A third medical term is cholelithiasis, which means the presence of gallstones. Cholelithiasis is an extremely ...

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... juices come from the walls of our stomach. When our food gets to our stomach it is mixed with a chemical called gastric juices. Your digestive system is made up of large hollow organs. The organs help you break down your food. Your liver takes poison out of the blood. Your liver ... is very important you cannot live without it. Your small intestine leads to your large intestine. Most of your digestive system takes place in your small intestine. Your large intestine takes water from your solid wastes. He large intestine leads to your anus. Your stomach holds ... solid wastes are stored...

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The digestive system is a group of organs that perform the process by which food, containing nutrients, is eaten and broken down into different components. This breakdown makes it possible for the digested material to pass through the intestinal wall into the blood stream. The digestive process contains many ... colon, sigmoid colon, and rectum. The appendix is attached near the bottom of the cecum. The appendix intercepts pathogenic microorganisms the enter the digestive tract. In the other parts of the large intestine, water and minerals are absorbed. The remaining material is then compacted...

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The digestive system is a group of organs that perform the process by which food, containing nutrients, is eaten and broken down into different components. This breakdown makes it possible for the digested material to pass through the intestinal wall into the blood stream. The digestive process contains many ... colon, sigmoid colon, and rectum. The appendix is attached near the bottom of the cecum. The appendix intercepts pathogenic microorganisms the enter the digestive tract. In the other parts of the large intestine, water and minerals are absorbed. The remaining material is then compacted...

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... lacteals in the villi. They are later then transported into the lympathetic system and then transferred to the general bloodstream. The mucosa is also holds a hormone called "secretin." Secretin is a hormone which helps the pancreas to produce digestive enzymes. Unlike the small intestine, the large intestine is divided into ... move out along the intestine. Mesentries are membranes which hold the intestine in place in the abdominal cavity. 3. Urinary System: A. Introduction to the Urinary System The urinary system is a system which consists of the organs which are needed to produce and e...

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... molecules such as carbohydrate, proteins and lipids however they are too large to digest and absorbed. The process of digestive system helps the food to travel down the alimentary canal. The digestive system is mostly the alimentary canal which is continuous tube running from the mouth to the anus. The organs which play ... the part in the digestive system are the mouth where the ingestion starts, oesophagus where the food as bolus travels down the gut with help of peristalsis ... of water and feces are formed which is stored in rectum before excretion from the body. The accessory str...

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... delight for the Chimpanzee and they will eat it when it is in season. They also consume large amounts of leaves, twigs, flowers, and seeds. The digestive system breaks down food into proteins, vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates and fats, which the chimp needs for energy and growth. After the food is chewed and swallowed, ... heart pumps blood through tubes called arteries to all parts of the body. The blood carries oxygen and nutrients, obtained by the digestive system and the respiratory system, which the body needs. Veins carry blood back to the heart as well as carry waste away from ce...

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... of the company, which is located in Yoqneam, Israel. The Given Diagnostic System is a new diagnostic tool to examine the pathologies of the small intestine. The system uses a disposable miniature video camera contained in a capsule that is ingested by the patient. The capsule passes naturally through the digestive tract and transmits high quality color images, without interfering with the patient's normal ... activities. It is intended for visualization of the small intestine mucosa in order to diagnose diseases of the small bowel. Disorders that this system intends to diagnose include g...

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... a higher concentration to a lower concentration through a semi- permeable membrane until the molecules are evenly distributed. One example of osmosis in our body is absorption of nutrient in our digestive system through osmosis. When the digestive system breaks down the food osmosis helps to absorb the nutrients into the intestine and individual cells. This process occurs in both small and large intestine. However, majority of ... intestine with the lack of salt due to osmosis. The high concentration of the particles in the blood than in the large intestine, water diffuses towards the p...

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... of the fetal pig was very similar to ours. Thirdly, we compared the fetal big to a human. Pigs and humans have a lot of similarities. They both have an especially complex digestive system. By the same token, they have veins and arteries. In both the human and pig the cecum colon, and rectum make up the large intestine. They together have a gall bladder ... ...

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