When a person is experiencing heartburn, he or she feels a burning sensation in the throat and midchest. Think about thestructur
es of the digestive system. What most likely causes the burning sensation?The muscle at the end of the esophagus is not able to close, which allows stomach acid and digested food to go back upO into the esophagus.The villi in the small intestine are producing extra acid that is then concentrated at the pharynx.O The esophagus goes into muscle spasms while the salivary glands produce excess acidO Too much water absorption in the large intestine disrupts the pH of the digestive system, causing acid to reenter thestomach.
The correct option is this: THE MUSCLES AT THE END OF THE ESOPHAGUS IS NOT ABLE TO CLOSE, WHICH ALLOW STOMACH ACID AND DIGESTED FOOD TO GO BACK UP INTO THE ESOPHAGUS.
Heartburn is also called acid reflux and it occurs, when the sphincter muscle at the tail end of the esophagus relaxes when it ought not to, thus allowing stomach acid to flow back into the esophagus. Heartburn may be caused by some types of food, alcohol or drugs.
In biology, the biotic factors pertain to the living components of Earth while the abiotic factors are those non-living chemicals and physical factors. The only choice that is not an interaction between biotic and abiotic factors is the third choice, "C. male elk fighting over a female".
i believe that the cell will expand because there is less sugar in the water. if you were to add more sugar into the water, then the cell will shrink in size because sugar and salt is the same thing if you add it in water.
C. Although Alpha Centauri B is similar in size to the sun, it is much further away from earth. The sun is 8 minutes away from earth at the speed of light, while Alpha Centauri B and earth is more than 4 light years apart.
