PHYSEDU 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity, Pylorus, Portal Vein
22 Sep 2016
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Heart burn treatment: aboid high-acid foods, aboid coffee, tea, and alcohol, limit fried foods, avoid spicy foods, reduce meal volume, don"t lay flat when going to sleep, consider tums to reduce acid. Stomach: muscular, sphincter keeps food out and acid in, muscles in the oesophagus allow us to vomit. Disorders related to digestion: peptic ulcers are regions of the gi tract that have been eroded by hcl and pepsin. Digestion: accessory organs: surrounding the gi tract are several accessory organs. Bile emulsifies/breaks it up into small enough bits so that it can. Absorption be digested: the process of taking molecules across a cell membrane and into cells of the body, asmall amount of absorption occurs in the stomach. Most absorption of nutrients occurs int eh three sections of the small intestine. Duodenum jujiliam ileum: the lining of the gi tract has special structures to facilitate absorption. Villi folds in the lining that are in close contact with nutrient molecules.
