People who suffer from colitis often find that their symptoms improve if they increase the amount of fiber in their diet. Why might this be the case?

Q: Describe the type of intestinal motility found during and shortly after a meal and the type found…

A: Intestinal motility is organized in a way that nutrient is absorbed from ingested food and the organ…

Q: Which are the most important digestive components of bile?

A: The digestion process stands for the method where the large insoluble food materials are broken down…

Q: Specify two conditions that may lead to failure to absorb vitamin B12.

A: Vitamins are organic compounds that are essential micronutrients. They are required by the organism…

Q: Explain Leptotene?

A: During prophase I the chromosome starts to condense and pair up with its homologue. Basically, the…

Q: Can fat be digested and absorbed in the absence of bile salts? Explain.a

A: In humans, fat or lipid digestion begins when the chyme from the stomach reaches the small…

Q: How does bile help in the digestion of fats?

A: The digestive system consists of organs that convert the food which is consumed into energy and…

Q: How does enterocolitis act on the GI mucosa to cause diarrhea?

A: yersinia enterocolitica is the bacteria which can cause diarrhea . this bacteria can cause an…

Q: When a person undergoes gastric bypass surgery, can their hunger, appetite, and satiety cues change?

A: Gastric bypass surgery is used for management of obesity. As the name suggests, in this surgery, the…

Q: Which vitamins are synthesized in the gut by intestinal flora ?

A: Vitamins are micromolecules that are essential for the normal growth and development of organisms.…

Q: What is the main function of bile salt?

A: Bile salts are prepared in the Liver and stored in Gall Bladder.

Q: explain why maltose will or will not give a postive result with benedicts after digestion

A: Maltose is a disaccharide. It is made up of two molecules of glucose. Benedict's Test- This test is…

Q: Explain the structural and functional changes in the crohn's disease process that led to weight…

A: Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in which young adults are…

Q: What is the function of the chloride ions in saliva?

A: The composition of Saliva (released by salivary glands) includes electrolytes, water (99%),…

Q: How did you test for the occurrence of digestion into fatty acids?

A: Food that is taken is digested in the digestive tract of the body. The digestive tract starts with…

Q: How would removal of 95% of the stomach (subtotal gastrec-tomy) to treat severe ulcers or cancer…

A: Ans: Stomach: The muscular organ of the body located above abdomen on left side is referred to as…

Q: What will happen to pancreatic enzyme if they were introduced into stomach?

A: Pancreatic enzymes are the commercial mixture of lipase, protease and amylase. They help in the…

Q: Disorders of the digestive system often disrupt many aspects of homeostasis. Explain why?

A: Homeostasis is the condition of consistent inner, physical, and substance conditions kept up by…

Q: Why does hypoglycemia and blood acidosis result in the hungry individual?

A: Hypoglycemia also known as low blood sugar is a fall in blood sugar levels below normal values. The…

Q: What is the function of pancreatic juice?

A: The pancreas is an organ in the body that is located in the abdomen. It is responsible for the…

Q: Why is heartburn associated with gastroesophageal reflux?

A: Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a digestive disorder in which the acidic content of the…

Q: What happens to digestive enzymes after they havedone their job? What happens to dead epithelial…

A: Enzymes are substances, proteins, or in some cases ribonucleic acid (RNA). The enzymes speed up a…

Q: When a person undergoes gastric bypass surgery, can their hunger, appetite change?

A: Gastric bypass surgery, also called as bariatric surgery, is a surgery used for improving weight…

Q: Will the salivary enzymes get access to the starch from the broken potato cells only? What obstacles…

A: Starch is a biopolymer of glucose. In plants, the primary storage form of glucose is starch. Tubers…

Q: describe how the  bacteria ,mycobacterium ulcerans must be present in a person suffering from buruli…

A: The Buruli ulcer (BU) is a necrotizing and debilitating cutaneous infection which is caused by…

Q: How many major types of cells gastric glands have? Explain.

A: The inner membrane of the stomach contains some glands, known as gastric glands. The gastric glands…

Q: What is the danger of excessive amount of cholesterol in bile? Explain why.

A: Cholesterol is a waxy molecule that may be present in both your blood and cells. The majority of the…

Q: Why might a person who is an alcoholic have a “fatty liver”?

A: The liver is the body's second-largest organ and located in the right upper of the abdomen. It aids…

Q: What are the symptoms of Ulcers?

A: ULCERS- A wound called an ulcer is a type of open wound. Ulcers can appear on any part of the…

Q: how does the body keep the stomach acid from seeping into the intestines and the other parts of the…

A: The digestive system consists of digestive tract which starts from the mouth and ends with an anus.…

Q: Why may a person get diarrhea if he/she eats cold food?

A: Diarrhea is the condition when a person experiencing loose, watery stools, or a frequent bowel…

Q: A dental disease is characterised by mottling of teeth is due to presence of which element?

A: Dental caries is an Infectious disease caused due to the interaction of bacteria that cause caries…

Q: Some people who have gallstones experience pain after they eat, with fatty meals causing the…

A: The human digestive system consists of various organs staring from the mouth to the anus that helps…

Q: The liver is commonly damaged if drugs or other toxins are over consumed. Why?

A: The liver refers to the vital organ in the human body that performs various reactions needed for the…

Q: The digestion of which nutrient would be most impaired by damage to the exocrine pancreas?

A: The pancreas is divided into an exocrine portion that contains the acinar and duct tissue and an…

Q: Foods high in purines can trigger a gout attack. Provide several examples of these foods and explain…

A: Gout, a form of arthritis characterized by inflammation, swelling, redness, and tenderness in the…

Q: People who experience malabsorption frequently have the most difficulty digesting Considering the…

A: Malabsorption is considered a disorder, which occurs due to the lack of absorption of nutrients by…

Q: ow might a person be affected if all the microorganisms living in their intestines died?

A: Gut Microbiota has many advantages as follows 1. It boost both innate and adaptive immune system.…

Q: With respect to pH, what would happen if the stomach emptied rapidly into the small intestine? Why…

A: Answer: DIGESTION : The process of conversion of complex food substances to simple absorbable form…

Q: What is Ulcers ?

A: The human digestive framework comprises of the gastrointestinal parcel in addition to the extra…

Q: Why is it important that the rumen is a reducing environment?

A: The rumen is the special structure associated with the digestion of cellulose.

Q: How does the pancreaticjuice participate in thedigestion of proteins? Whatare the involved enzymes?

A: Digestion is a catabolic process that involves breakdown of complex food substances into simpler…