A group of students are studying for an examination on the gastrointestinal (GI) system and are reviewing the structures of the
esophagus and stomach. The students demonstrate understanding of the material when they identify which of the following as the opening between the stomach and duodenum?Pyloric sphincterSigns and symptoms of bleedingSupine with knees flexed slightly Intrinsic factor
The pyloric sphincter is known to be the muscle that connects stomach pylorus and the small intestine's duodenum. This muscle plays a very vital role in the digestion of food, and the muscle acts as though it is a valve controlling the flow of food that are partially digested from the stomach to the small intestine.
- It is dangerous because carbon monoxide has a higher affinity for hemoglobin than oxygen does. Your body cannot use carbon monoxide to make ATP, so if there is carbon monoxide attached to hemoglobin instead or oxygen you cannot oxygenate your cells. Thus they will die.
An ecosystem includes all living things (Biotic factors) and their non-living environments (Abiotic factors), in a given area, interacting with each other.
Write any three biotic and three abiotic factors in the given picture.
