GENERAL HISTOLOGY

OESOPHAGUS STOMACH

BODY OF STOMACH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Digestion in the stomach usually takes from 6 to 8 hours before it passes through an opening leading to the small intestines.
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Digestion time varies among individuals and between men and women. After you eat, it takes about six to eight hours for food to pass through your stomach and small intestine. Food then enters your large intestine (colon) for further digestion, absorption of water and, finally, elimination of undigested food.

Detailed explanation-2: -Within 6 to 8 hours, the food has moved its way through your stomach, small intestine, and large intestine. Once in your large intestine, the partially digested contents of your meal can sit for more than a day while it’s broken down even more.

Detailed explanation-3: -A juice from the liver called bile helps to absorb fats into the bloodstream. And the gallbladder serves as a warehouse for bile, storing it until the body needs it. Your food may spend as long as 4 hours in the small intestine and will become a very thin, watery mixture.

Detailed explanation-4: -The G-cells secrete gastrin, a hormone that acts in an endocrine fashion to stimulate the secretion of hydrochloric acid by parietal cells.[2] No digestion of carbohydrates occurs in the stomach. The majority of chemical digestion occurs in the small intestine.

Detailed explanation-5: -Glands in your stomach lining make stomach acid and enzymes that break down food. Muscles of your stomach mix the food with these digestive juices. Pancreas. Your pancreas makes a digestive juice that has enzymes that break down carbohydrates, fats, and proteins.

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