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Why are the organs of the digestive system in sequence rather than parallel?

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What occurs during the process of digestion?
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Some patients have an ileostomy bag fitted. Material from the gut can pass into it at the end of the small intestine. An opening (stoma) through the abdomen wall is created surgically and the bag is connected to this and concealed underclothing.

What change in the volume of urine would you except after the fitting of an ileostomy bag.

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Which of the following pairs of types of teeth perform one common function as stated against it?
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Identify the small intestine in the mentioned CT scan of abdominal organ.

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Identify the option that indicates the correct enzyme that is secreted in location i, ii and iii.

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Some patients have an ileostomy bag fitted. Material from the gut can pass into it at the end of the small intestine. An opening (stoma) through the abdomen wall is created surgically and the bag is connected to this and concealed underclothing.

Compare the functions of an ileostomy bag and the large intestine by giving one similarity and one difference.

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What three types of enzymes digest carbohydrates, lipids and proteins?
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The process of digestion starts from which part of the digestive system?
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Select the correct statements regarding hepatocytes.
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Pancreatic juice has enzymes to digest all the major components of food.
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Name the hormones that are secreted by pancreas.
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If the inner lining of the ileum in the human small intestine was smooth, rather than being folded and subdivided into villi, humans would have needed to evolve a much longer small intestine to absorb sufficient nutrients from their food.
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Bile neutralizes the acid content of the food received from the stomach.
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Identify the red-coloured organ mentioned in the CT scan of the abdominal organs.

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Gastric juice contains
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Some patients have an ileostomy bag fitted. Material from the gut can pass into it at the end of the small intestine. An opening (stoma) through the abdomen wall is created surgically and the bag is connected to this and concealed underclothing.

Suggest one reason for fitting an ileostomy bag.

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What is the role of bile?
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The water from the digested food is mainly absorbed by
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Large intestine secretes no enzyme.
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Write a short note on the pancreas.