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Digestive system

Digestive system

The organs that are responsible for getting food into and out of the body and for making use of food to keep the body healthy. These include the mouth, oesophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, small intestine, colon, and rectum. The system that makes food absorbable into the body.Where digestive activities occur, that breakdown food at the molecular level.


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Re: Stomach bloating and weight gain

... i have read above. Even though I have had many health problems hence my digestive system gets extreemly effective, i have found many aids to help me even if it for a little ...

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by Kins
Wed Aug 05, 2009 1:50 am
 
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Re: Animal digestive systems

A quick google search under "honey possum digestive system" reveals over 4000 hits. eg. http://science.uniserve.edu.au/school/curric/stage6/biol/honeypos.pdf

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by skeptic
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... non-nutritious meal at night (not good on the digestion filling one's digestive system with undigested food before bed is not a healthy way to eat). I've only done liquid ...

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by MichaelXY
Tue Jul 28, 2009 8:26 am
 
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by kolean
Mon Jul 27, 2009 8:24 pm
 
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Comparing digestive systems in invertebrates

Digestive system of planarian is incomplete with a single opening for ingestion as well as egestion. Digestive system of Ascaris ...

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by freshbiology
Sun Jul 26, 2009 4:39 pm
 
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Topic: Comparing digestive systems in invertebrates
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