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Times A Day Burning Sensation
1,998 wordsMillions of people around the world suffer from ulcers. An ulcer is a sore or hole in the lining of the stomach or duodenum (the first part of the small intestine). People of any age can get an ulcer and women are affected just as often as men. With stomach ulcers, H. pylori infection is found in 60 to 80 percent of the cases. Again, it is still uncertain how the infection acts to cause the ulcer. It probably weakens the protective mucous layer of the stomach. This allows acid to seep in and inj...
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Digestive Enzymes Bowel Movements
1,282 wordsThe 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 different steps that take place in many different organs. The first step of digestion begins at the mouth, where the food enters the mouth. Saliva is secreted from the salivary glands. The s...
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Digestive Juices Digestive Tract
1,493 wordsDigestive System, series of organs put together that purpose is to break down, or digest, the food we eat. Food is made up of large things called, complex molecules, which the digestive system breaks down into smaller things called simple molecules that get absorbed into the bloodstream. The bloodstream is our blood. The simple molecules travel through the bloodstream to all of the parts of the body, which we use for growth, repair, and energy. All living things that eat to get energy have a dig...
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Problems And Treatment Of Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,624 wordsPeptic ulcers are open sores or raw areas in the lining of the stomach (gastric ulcer) or upper part of the small intestine (duodenal ulcer). They result when the bacterium, Helicobacter pylori attaches itself to the lining of the stomach. Another cause of peptic ulcers are nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as ibuprofen. The bacteria or NSAIDs weaken the protective mucus coating of the stomach and small intestines. This process allows acid to get through to the sensitive lining...
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Problems And Treatment Of Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,551 words... on, and heartburn. Emergency Symptoms Gastrointestinal bleeding is the most serious complication of peptic ulcers. The bleeding is a result of an ulcer eroding into a blood vessel of the stomach or small intestine. The signs of bleeding are vomiting bright red blood, or a bowel movement consisting of bloody, or tarry, black stool. If the hemorrhage is very severe, weakness, shock, and loss of consciousness may occur. Obstruction of the digestive tract is another emergency complication of pep...
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Urinary And Digestive System
1,151 wordsDigestive and Urinary System Lesson 1: The Digestive System Terms: q Digestion: q Absorption: q Elimination: q Mastication: q Peristalsis: q Gastric Juices: q Bile: Functions of the Digestive System: q Digestion, Absorption, and Elimination. q Digestion occurs in the digestive tract which includes: 1. Mouth: Mastication occurs and enzymes produced by salivary glands starts digesting carbohydrates. 2. Esophagus: 10 in. long and extends from the pharynx to the stomach. Food moves down the esophagu...
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Fatty Acids Small Intestine
1,001 wordsIts a typical day. After school you get home and you are starving, but you just want a snack. What should I eat? , you ask yourself. Then, after looking through the cabinets for a few minutes, you find Cheetos and decide to eat a few. With just the presence of those Cheetos in your sight, the digestion process begins in your 9 meter long digestive tract. Crunch, Crunch, Crunch. As you munch on those first few Cheetos the digestion process begins in your mouth. Here, mechanical digestion begins t...
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H 2 O Amino Acids
1,852 wordsFunctions Of The Digestive And Kidney Systems Functions Of The Digestive And Kidney Systems Of The Body 1. You eat a hot dog, leave the bun, describe the physiological response to the increased food in your stomach. Food inters the stomach and it increases the pH and H+ decreases thus the stomach get more basic. The stomach walls are also stretched. Chemoreceptors and stretch receptors detect the change in pH and the stretch on the walls. Nerve impulses travel to the sub mucosal plexus this stim...
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Baking Soda Hydrochloric Acid
3,324 wordsAim: To find which powder, of four, is best for neutralising excess stomach acid. Prediction: With stomach pain relief powders being a consumer product, I predict that the best cure for neutralising a build up of stomach acid will be the one which has the lowest cost to successfully neutralise the dilute hydrochloric acid (HCl) (0. 5 mol) (to represent the excess acid found in our stomachs). This powder would have be the one which costs less than any of the others to bring the acid build up to a...
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