You have just eaten a sausage and egg sandwich for breakfast. Explain the chemical changes that occur in the sandwich as it passes through the parts of the GI tract. Be sure to name all enzymes or secretions involved and their source.

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Q: Which of the following is true for disorders of the GI tract? heartburn is a burning, often painful,…

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Q: breifly Describe carbohydrate digestion and absorption, beginning in the mouth.  What role does…

A: Digesting or metabolizing carbohydrates breaks ingredients down into sugars, which can be…

Q: Enzymatic digestion of carbohydrates starts in the mouth.  True  False

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Q: Describe the path that the food takes in the human alimentary canal. Your response must include the…

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Q: hich of the following statements is not correct: stomach cells are protected from the acid by mucus…

A: Digestion is breaking down of food we eat into smaller molecules so that it can be absorbed and…

Q: Give a schematic diagram of how we can nonpharmacologically manage the Gastric Ulcers ? Please…

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Q: The outermost layer of the digestive tube in the region from the lower esophagus to the distal colon…

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Q: Bicarbonate is Multiple Choice secreted into the lumen by gastric epithelial cells and into the…

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Q: Regurgitation of food from the stomach into the esophagus:      Is ordinarily inhibited by the…

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Q: Briefly discuss how the stomach makes HCl

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Q: The table below shows the arrival and departure times of a particular meal for certain regions of…

A: Digestion is the breakdown of large insoluble components of food (carbohydrates, fats, and proteins)…

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Q: Which layer(s) of the GI tract is/are made up predominately of connective tissue?

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Q: fat molecules that have been absorbed from the digestive tract first enter the blood at: at…

A: Fat molecules absorbed from the digestive tract enter the bloodstream indirectly through the…

Q: Diarrhea results from: Multiple Choice decreased transit time through the intestines, which does not…

A: Diarrhea is the loose and watery stool caused by the organism virus which infects the bowel leading…

Q: List the defense mechanisms of the GI tract (at least 3), including cells that fight bacteria to…

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Q: Which of the following is NOT true about bile? * It acts as an emulsifer, i.e., it separates large…

A: Bile is generally greenish yellow in colour. It is alkaline in nature with a pH of about 7.7.…

Q: Identify the structures numbered 7–10 on the X-ray of the lower GI tract, shown in Figure

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Q: Visit www.mayoclinic.org to learn more about the gallbladder's role in fat breakdown. What dietary…

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Q: Bleeding can occur from any part of the GI tract.  Describe a possible cause of bleeding in the…

A: The GI tract is the gastrointestinal tract which comprises the oesophagus, stomach, small…

Q: Choose a digestive disorder and explain it briefly. list the anatomical parts of the digestive…

A: GERD, or Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, is a chronic digestive condition where stomach acid flows…

Q: Which of the following descriptions is incorrectly matched to the type of digestion occuring?

A: Digestion is a process that converts the complex nutrients in ingested food into simpler forms that…

Q: structure that secretes amylase to aid in the digestion of starches. the Peyer's patches of the…

A: GI tract consists of various parts which help to take up energy from food, absorb, digest and…

Q: A 56-year-old male patient who has COPD is refusing to eat.Which intervention would be most helpful…

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Q: Bicarbonate is Multiple Choice secreted into the lumen by gastric epithelial cells and into the…

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Q: A 50-year old male who works as construction worker ate the following for breakfast prior to the…

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Q: The lining of the GI tract is called the mucosa. True False

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Q: fat molecules that have been absorbed from the digestive tract first enter the blood at: at…

A: The question is asking where the fat molecules, which have been absorbed from the digestive tract,…

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Q: Explain the following functions of the liver: bile secretion, synthetic activity, and…

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Q: carbohydrate digestion in the oral cavity involves which of the following? Give two answers tongue,…

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Q: Mixing movements in the GI tract occur simultaneously with propulsive movements. True or false and…

A: The gastrointestinal tract (GI tract) is a long, continuous tube that starts at the mouth and ends…

Q: You eat a bran muffin topped with brown sugar for breakfast. Summarize the process of carbohydrate…

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Q: HCl and breakdown enzymes are formed in the stomach, why does the stomach not break down itself?

A: The food enters the body through the mouth and then travels to the stomach through the esophagus…

Q: Lipid absorption involves hydrolysis of dietary fat in the lumen of the intestine followed by the…

A: When lipids are absorbed across the BBM (brush border membrane), they must either be transported…

Q: list the Oral mucosal absorption Formula relate to the surface area that drug being put on?

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Q: During absorption in the small intestine, nicotinic acid and nicotinamide both enter the enterocyte…

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