Why doesn’t the high concentration of H1 in the stomach lumen destroy the lining of the stomach wall?

Q: How are gastric peristaltic waves created?

A: Answer: Introduction: When food is masticated into a bolus, then it is swallowed and flow by the…

Q: Many species of hindgut fermenters, including horses, eat their feces to a greater extent when they…

A: Horses are large domesticated mammals. There are some horses that live in the wild. The wild horses…

Q: Does the digestion of carbohydrates start in the stomach? Is this correct or incorrect?

A: Carbohydrates are composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen in a ratio of 1:2:1. Carbohydrates are…

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: A narrowing of the ileocecal valve would hamper movement of chyme between what two organs?

A: Chyme is the semi solid mass consisting of the semi-digested food and digestive secretions.

Q: Some of the intestinal epithelial cells, called goblet cells, contain small globules of mucus. Why…

A: SMALL INTESTINE The small intestine is the largest part of the Gastrointestinal tract. All the…

Q: Explain how the stomach is protected from self-digestion

A: Stomach is an organ, located in the upper abdomen which performs the function of digestion of food.…

Q: Why is the stomach both muscular and expandable?

A: The digestive system is involved in the mechanical and chemical breakdown of food that produces…

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: Why would you not want to completely suppress HCl secretion in the stomach?

A: Answer: Introduction: Small amount of hydrochloric acid may do a deep impact on the body's…

Q: What activities occur in the large intestine to change its contents into feces?

A: Activities in Large intestine:                The large intestine serves as the end section of the…

Q: How could absorption in the intestine be increased without increasing the intestine’s length?

A: small intestine is the portion of digestive system where maximum digestion takes place.

Q: Fetal Pig Small Intestine  explain the fetal pig small intestine and the villi

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Q: Describe the effects of secretin and CCK on the bile ducts and gallbladder.

A: Several hormones are responsible for a variety of bodily processes. Secretin is a hormone that aids…

Q: Describe stomach secretions, their function, and theirregulation.

A: The stomach is the organ of a digestive system that aids in digestion and can store food. It is a…

Q: How does the small intestine have such a large surface area? Why is a large surface area important?…

A: The muscle groups of the small intestine mix meals with digestive juices from the pancreas, liver,…

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: What are the different types of cells in the the stomach, and what does each one secrete?

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Q: What makes the surface area of the small intestine so large, when it is only about 6 meters long?

A: The process of breakdown of large food molecules into smaller molecules so that they can be digested…

Q: What molecule is the source of the hydrogen ions that are secreted into gastric juice?

A: Answer- There are many different digestive enzymes and other molecules that are released in our…

Q: What structural modification of the stomach wall underlies the stomach’s ability to mechanically…

A: The stomach is a storage tank of the digestive system. This organ starts the digestion of protein…

Q: Where does most digestion in the small intestine take place?

A: Digestion is a process of break down of ingested food physically(by teeth,muscles of stomach ) and…

Q: Coming from the acid pH of the stomach which pH level does the chyme find when it enters the…

A: Introduction: Chyme comprises semi-liquid and half-digested food materials. Chyme comprises…

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: Why is mechanical and chemical digestion necessary prior to absorption and metabolism of nutrients?

A: The process of utilization of food involves several process. They are; Ingestion : it is the…

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: 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: What are the cells responsible for producing bile? What is the duct that transfer bike into…

A: Bile is a dark, yellowish-green, alkaline, bitter taste fluid formed by the liver cells. Bile helps…

Q: does  ileum plays an important role in the absorption of B12 and  provides the acidity and pepsin to…

A: Yes, Vitamin B12 substitutes are absorbed mostly through the ileum.The intrinsic factor is a…

Q: What is the function of the sodium bicarbonate in the small intestine? Why is this important?

A: Sodium bicarbonate is mainly act as buffer in body . Is the case of our digestive system it maintain…

Q: What would happen if HCl were not secreted in the stomach?

A: Living organisms can be differentiated from non-living organisms on the basis of internal growth,…

Q: Why are villi present in the intestine and not in the stomach?

A: The digestive system, also known as the GI tract, is involved in the digestion of food we eat to…

Q: During digestion, enzymes called lipases are secreted into the stomach. Which responsible for the…

A: ANSWER IS Y -LYSOSOMES The major human physioloical processes like like digestion, exchange of…

Q: How would it affect the digestion of proteins if there is blockade in the pancreatic duct?

A: Pancreas is a heterocrine gland. It produces hormones as well as enzymes. It has Islets of…

Q: Name the most important digestive enzyme secreted in the stomach.

A: Digestive enzymes are the group of enzymes that break out the complex substance into a simple…

Q: what stimulates bile secretion and where does it enter the alimentary canal

A: Bile is a dark yellow-green fluid manufactured by the liver that helps to digest lipids, fat-soluble…

Q: How bile is secreted from the GI tract after fat ingestion?

A: The bile is produced by the liver that flows directly into the small intestine during a meal. In…

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: What protein does saliva have that helps break down starchy foods?

A: Proteins are molecules that are composed of amino acids. Amino acids are joined by peptide bonds to…

Q: cells in the stomach secrete pepsinogen.

A: Pepsinogen is a highly strong or powerful protein-digesting enzyme that is released by the gastric…

Q: The small intestine can be divided into 3 regions: duodenum, jejunum, ileum. How does the unique…

A: The small intestine is the place where all the chemical digestion and absorption of nutrient take…

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: Does digestion in the GI tract take place extracellularly (outside the cells) or intracellularly…

A: The GI tract is a series of hollow organs which are joined in a long, twisting tube from the mouth…

Q: By what mechanism is pepsinogen converted to pepsin in the stomach?

A: Pepsin's proenzyme, pepsinogen, is released by the gastric chief cells in the stomach wall, and upon…

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…