What do you think would happen if the esophagus did not have elastic protein fibers?

Q: The primary function of the large intestine is to concentrate wastes into solid form (feces) for…

A: The large intestine is part of the digestive system, and it is approximately 1.5 m long, makeup to…

Q: Describe the structure and function of the esophagus, including the locations of skeletal and smooth…

A: The esophagus is known as the significant part of the digestive tract as well as the digestive…

Q: Why doesn’t gastric juice destroy the stomach cells that make it? Identify the cells making up the…

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Q: What would happen to gastrin secretion in a patient taking a drugthat blocks the binding of…

A: Gastric acid emission is controlled by a complex transaction of neural (acetylcholine), hormonal…

Q: What are the functions of the upper and lower esophageal sphincters?

A: The esophagus is a muscular tube connecting the throat (pharynx) with the stomach. The esophagus is…

Q: What would you call the mechanical part of the digestive system

A: The digestive system of the human play a very important role in growth and development. It is a…

Q: How small intestine works  ?

A: The small intestine is one of the most important organs of the digestive system, which governs the…

Q: What is the mesentery? Why is it now being considered the 79th organ of the body

A: The “new” organ is called the mesentery, and absolutely everyone’s digestive tract has one. The…

Q: where does the majority of chemical digetion in the stomach occur ? a. fundus and body b. cardiac…

A: There are 4 regions of the stomach namely cardia, fundus, body, and pylorus.

Q: Why does the stomach have an extra layer of smooth muscle in its muscularis externa?

A: The stomach is the organ of the digestive system, which helps in the digestion of proteins. There is…

Q: When you experience heartburn, which stomach structure isn't functioning correctly? Explain your…

A: The Gastro-Intestinal Tract is another name for the alimentary canal (GI Tract). It is a continuous…

Q: The first part of the large intestine is. OA. anal canal O B. rectum O C. colon O D. cecum

A: The physiological system in the animal body that is responsible for injestion and digestion of food,…

Q: Where along the GI tract is the muscularis composed of skeletal muscle? Is control of this skeletal…

A: The muscularis externa is a layer of muscle also called muscularis. In the mouth and pharynx region…

Q: Compare the epithelium of the esophagus with that of the stomach. How is each adapted to the…

A: Epithelium refers to the protective tissue that lines the blood vessels and organs. It has different…

Q: Why is the internal surface of the small intestine arranged into progressively smaller folds? What…

A: The small intestine is the longest part of the gastrointestinal tract which is modified for the…

Q: What types of problems could occur in the large intestine and sigmoid colon if they could not…

A: The large intestine is the last part of the gastrointestinal tract and of the digestive system in…

Q: In the famous conditioning experiment, Pavlov demonstrated that his dogs started drooling in…

A: Ivan Pavlov was a Russian physiologist who accidently discovered Pavlovian conditioning (classical…

Q: Celiac disease causes inflammation of the small intestine that causes the villi to atrophy, so that…

A: Celiac disease is a autoimmune disorder and caused by a reaction of Gluten , a group of protein…

Q: When you eat a baked potato with bacon pieces and butter on top, where will the components be…

A: Baked potatoes provide carbohydrates (starch), bacon is a rich source of animal protein and butter…

Q: Name the sphincters at the beginning and end of the small intestine?

A: The Pyloric Sphincter is at the beginning and end of the small intestine.

Q: What is the next stage of swallowing occurs in the esophagus?

A: Swallowing, also called deglutition, is an involuntary action that takes the chewed food from the…

Q: Which of the following cells in the stomach produces pepsinogen? a) Main cells b) Neck cells c)…

A: Main cells or chief cells are present in the stomach which produces pepsinogen, a zymogen of pepsin…

Q: Protein digestion in the stomach results primarily from secretions released by: (a) hepatocytes. (b)…

A: The process of protein digestion occurs in the stomach and duodenum. Pepsin secreted by the stomach…

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: Esophagus Esophagus. Middie Thed E) A. Epithelium B. Mucosa C. Muscularis externa (outer) D.…

A: The oesophagus is a long tube consisting of stratified squamous epithelium. It has four layers…

Q: What type of cells are found in gastric glands and what does each other secrete.

A: The digestive system includes the gastrointestinal tract and accessory organ that help in digestion…

Q: Is food going down the esophagus an involuntary action?

A: Esophagus It refers to the muscular tube which connects the throat with the stomach. It is about 8…

Q: explain how the structures of the epithelium and muscularis of the small intestine stomach,…

A: The esophagus is a muscular tube that goes from your pharynx (throat) to your stomach. Food is…

Q: Why is it that gastric juice does not destroy the stomach cells that produce it? Determine which…

A: Gastric juice doesn't obliterate stomach cells that make this is on the grounds that these…

Q: Which of the following sphincters is located between the stomach and the esophagus? A) ileocecal C)…

A: The junction between the stomach to the duodenum is known as pyloric. This part helps to transport…

Q: Food passes from the small intestine into what organ?

A: Digestion of food is the multistep process in our body. Digestion starts from the mouth, where the…

Q: Write the three major types of cells present in the gastric glands. List their secretions. What is…

A: The gastric gland is an essential part of the body because it secretes stomach juice. Hydrochloric…

Q: During gastric emptying chyme is released into the duedenum through the ? a. esophegeal hiatus  b.…

A: Chyme is the semi-fluid mass of partly digested food that is expelled by the stomach into the…

Q: What do you think would happen if you did not have esophageal sphincters? What do vou think would…

A: The study of human body can be divided into anatomy and physiology. The anatomy studies about the…

Q: Describe the differences in the muscularis mucosa as you descend the esophagus and give the function…

A: The digestive system consist of alimentary canal and its glands in gastrointestinal tract.The…

Q: Which is more efficient in propelling intestinal contents from one place to another—peristalsis or…

A: The small digestive system is a significant organ for assimilation and retention of supplements. In…

Q: What is the connective tissue at the junction between the stomach and the small intestine?

A: Tissues are the group of cells performing similar functions. Tissues are of 4 types one of them is…

Q: Name three part of large intestine. Which vestigial organ arises from the first part of it ?

A: The large intestine is the part of our alimentary canal. Its main function is the reabsorption of…

Q: What are the differences of the common 4 layers of the: 1) esophagus? 2) stomach? 3) small…

A: The digestive tract organs in the body amongst the most important ones. The 30 + foot long tube that…

Q: Write the three major types of cells present in the gastric glands. List their secretions. What is…

A: There are glands that are present along the gastric mucosa of the stomach called the gastric glands.…

Q: What are the types of cells in the gastric gland

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Q: why is there a need for sphincters in the stomach? what will happen otherwise?

A: Sphincters are bands of smooth muscle that separate sections of the digestive tract throughout the…

Q: List the sections of the large intestine in order starting with the cecum (do not include the…

A: Step 1 The Large Intestine is the hindermost part of the alimentary canal which opens to the outside…

Q: What are the three types of tissues present (in different proportion) in most organs of the…

A: The digestion related system has three fundamental role connecting with food: processing of food,…

Q: What would happen to a person whose body did not produce bile ?

A: Bile is the fluid which is synthesized and secreted by liver and stored in the gallbladder.  Main…