Gi system

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Health Education/Information - GI System

The human digestive system consists of a long muscular tube and several accessory organs such as the salivary glands, pancreas and gall bladder. It is responsible for food ingestion and digestion, absorption of digestion products and the elimination of undigested materials.

Here we’ll learn about hormonal control of gastrointestinal functions, including regulation of contraction and relaxation of smooth muscle walls and sphincters, enzyme and bicarbonate secretion, and growth of the GI tract. Endocrine, Paracrine, NeurocrineThere are three categories of hormones that regulate the GI system:Endocrine hormones are secreted by enteroendocrine cells into the blood stream. These hormones travel through the hepatic portal circulation, pass through the liver, and…

The human digestive system, system used in the human body for the process of digestion. The human digestive system consists primarily of the digestive tract, or the series of structures and organs through which food and liquids pass during their processing into forms absorbable into the bloodstream. The system also consists of the structures through which wastes pass in the process of elimination and other organs that contribute juices necessary for the digestive process Nicholas Carr…