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Ingestion

Ingestion

The act of taking food, medicines, etc., into the body, by mouth. The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating).The entering of foodstuff into the gut where it can be digested.

ingestion is the process of consuming something edible for the purpose of providing for the nutritional needs of an animal,particulary for their energy requirements.


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Mucosal Wound

Picking your nose can result in that, as well as an sty pretzel. Ingestion of hard objects can result in severe damages of the mucosal surface in nasty places. And it is laso probably involved in AIDS transmission among male homosexual as well as others. ...

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by canalon
Sat Aug 08, 2009 3:55 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Mucosal Wound
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Views: 117

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 is complete with mouth at one end and anus at the other. Digestive system of planarian resembles that of a cnidarian because both ...

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by freshbiology
Sun Jul 26, 2009 4:39 pm
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Comparing digestive systems in invertebrates
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Views: 322

Re: Oral Glucose Tolerance Test

... the cells have been spun out. There shouldn't be any cells left, if the samples have been processed correctly. In diabetics, especially following ingestion of such a large amount of glucose administered by the OGTT, plasma glucose levels are expected to be very high; often exceeding the linear ...

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by blcr11
Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:13 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Oral Glucose Tolerance Test
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Views: 397

Bacteriophages and Acne?

... simple and listed on their website: http://www.atcc.org/Attachments/2333.pdf As for fragments, it probably depends how they are used (topical vs ingestion) but I suspecta density gradient centrifugation might help separate the different fragments. But other methods might beb better/safer/more ...

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by canalon
Tue May 27, 2008 5:08 pm
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Bacteriophages and Acne?
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Is this Botany?

... and much more. A lab course in organic chem. will also teach you to do extractions and preparations of these compound (maybe not ready for ingestion, but still...). In biochemistry you learn about how different compounds are synthezised and degraded in plants and animals during metabolism. ...

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by monarch
Sun May 25, 2008 9:47 pm
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: Is this Botany?
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