Digestive+System


 * // [|THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM] //**

The [|digestive system] is the system in which nutrients travel around your body and eventually leave your body. It based on lots of different organs that help you break down the food you eat and turning it into fuel. Everything starts in your mouth, there the food is broken down and the chemical action starts with your saliva. Then it goes to your esophagus, it is a long tube that takes the food from your mouth to your stomach, this organ with a wave like movement it forces the food to go to your stomach. The stomach is a large organ that continues the chemical break down with a super strong acid called gastric acid. Once it has been through the stomach it advances to the small intestine with help from other main organs the food is broken down more deeply. Then it goes into the large intestine there the food takes a trip around the small intestine with more acid substances. Once it gets solid it is stored in the rectum until you eject it out of the anus.

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In the first picture both intestines are not explained or showed well, in this picture you can see their location in the body and how they look like with good labels. media type="custom" key="18627182"This prezi explains all the process and the organs that involve the digestive system. Great explanation for students.

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One very important diseas that involves both the digestive system and the circulatory system is[| hypoglycemia]. For a great first basic understanding of the disease I will show you a very well made video explaining the disease and the factors that help you detect the disease. Then there is a video about tips that might help you better control your hypoglycemia.

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After you have watched the videos and now understand the disease I can start explaining it. Hypoglycemia is also called low blood glucose or low blood sugar, it happens when your blood glucose levels go beneath what is normal. Glucose is a very important source of energy that the body needs, it comes from food. Carbohydrates like rice, potatoes, cereal, milk, fruit, are the main foods we normally eat that contain glucose. After you eat the glucose goes to your blood stream and is taken to the cells. The pancreas produces insulin with is a hormone that helps the cells burn the glucose and produce energy. If one takes more glucose in that they are supposed to it is stored in the liver. This extra glucose is used for energy between the meals. When glucose levels go down the pancreas starts releasing more hormones and tries to balance the glucose level, what happens with diabetes is that to much glucose is released and the levels go up. What happens to hypoglycemics is that not enough glucose is released to even the levels. Symptoms that might present on a hypoglycemic are hunger, weakness, nervousness, sweating, dizziness, sleepiness, confusion, anxiety, and shakiness.

Here is a photo showing the symptoms that hypoglycemics face.