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    Even thought its not part of the digestive system teeth are very resourceful for aiding digestion‚ in all Herbivores they have a Horny pad which helps initially crush the food and a meeseter that is larger than that of a carnivore so it can chew for longer‚ they have cainines at the front and molars and pre molars that grind at the back‚ so that the foodis crushed and soft making the break down and digestion of food easier. Example: Cow chews its food for a long time to crush it andmake it easier

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    Choice DM‚ Glucerna‚ Resource Diabetic selected brands (Enteral Nutrition - Diabetics) Isosource VHN‚ Promote‚ Replete selected brands (Enteral Nutrition - Patients with VERY High Nitrogen Needs‚ Trauma Victims‚ Burn victims) Jevity selected brands (Enteral Nutrition - General) Jevity Plus selected brands (Enteral Nutrition - General‚ Patients with High Nitrogen Needs) Nepro selected brands (Enteral Nutrition - Renal Dialysis Patients) thiamine‚ thiamin B1 (Vitamin - A Deficiency Results in

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    The Digestive System Why is it that 1 in 3 people perhaps even more regularly battles some kind of digestion problems? Understanding how the digestive system works will help to understand why digestive problems are so common. The digestive system is more than stomach and intestines. It is a system of organs that turns food into energy and is one of the most important functions the body performs. There are many reasons that cause so many people to suffer with digestive problems. Three of

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    steps that take place in many different organs.<br><br>The first step of digestion begins at the mouth‚ where the food enters the mouth. Saliva is secreted from the salivary glands. The saliva contains enzymes such as Ptyalin‚ which starts sugar digestion. The enzymes also provide lubrication to help in the chewing and swallowing of the food. The food then goes down the esophagus and into the stomach‚ where the next step of digestion takes place. <br><br>In the stomach‚ a mixture of hydrochloric acid

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    Literacy task- Digestion Task- The Journey of a Ham and Cheese Sandwich By Jenny Hi‚ I am a Cheese and Ham sandwich. I have just been made and I am crispy and hot‚ I am siting on a plate‚ I am not sure what I am meant to do but it looks like the human does. Before I can even think about it I have been grabbed and heading towards the humans mouth. "Oh no I am getting eaten". Digestion has began‚ I am now getting chewed and mushed by big white teeth‚ I am also getting covered in Silvia it’s

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    The buccal cavity is the portion of the oral cavity bounded by the lips‚ cheeks‚ and gums. Also called vestibule of mouth. This plays an important role in speech‚ taste and the first steps of digestion. The oesophagus is a hollow muscular tube that transports saliva‚ liquids‚ and foods from the mouth to the stomach. The muscular layers that form the oesophagus are closed tightly at both ends by sphincter muscles‚ to prevent food or liquids from leaking from the stomach back into the oesophagus or

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    Quiz 1 Study Guide: Fall 2013 1. Know how to read a food label. There will be questions asking you to apply that knowledge‚ not just show that you memorized it. 2. How many calories per gram of CHO‚ fat‚ and protein? CHO: 1gram=4 calories Fat: 1gram =9 calories Protein: 1 gram=4 calories 3. What are the stages of change from the Transtheoretical Model of Change? Know the order they come in and the characteristics of each stage. Precontemplation (Not Ready)-"People are not intending

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    mainly digested. Then it goes into the liver where it gets transported into the intestines and out the anus. What is the difference between mechanical and chemical digestion? The difference between mechanical and chemical digestion is that mechanical mainly happens with animals teeth and rarely happens with anything else. Chemical Digestion mainly happens with the acids and chemicals inside the animals body’s. The difference is that one is manual and one is automatic. Most animals have both these features

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    The digestive system

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    digestive enzymes and other chemicals acting on food as it passes through the GI trac In chemical digestion‚ large food molecules are reduced to smaller molecules that can be absorbed through the lining of the intestinal wall and then distributed to body cells for use. This process of altering the chemical and physical composition of food so that it can be absorbed and used by body cells is known as digestion‚ and it is the function of the digestive system Part of the digestive system‚ the large intestine

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    DIGESTIVE SYSTEM Digestion is a process of breaking down complex food molecules into simple ones‚ suitable for absorption and their subsequent utilization in our body PURPOSE to convert complex food molecules into simpler ones‚ suitable for absorption and utilization production of energy‚ necessary for survival & vital chemical activity growth & development of the body repairing function reproductive function lactation FUNCTION to keep the

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