- Look up
digestive in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Digestive may
refer to: Digestion,
biological process of
metabolism Digestif,
small beverage at...
- A
digestive biscuit,
sometimes described as a sweet-meal biscuit, is a semi-sweet
biscuit that
originated in Scotland. The
digestive was
first developed...
- The
human digestive system consists of the
gastrointestinal tract plus the
accessory organs of
digestion (the tongue,
salivary glands, pancreas, liver...
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Digestive enzymes take part in the
chemical process of digestion,
which follows the
mechanical process of digestion. Food
consists of
macromolecules of...
- "study of") is the
branch of
medicine focused on the
digestive system and its disorders. The
digestive system consists of the
gastrointestinal tract, sometimes...
- The
gastrointestinal tract (GI tract,
digestive tract,
alimentary canal) is the
tract or p****ageway of the
digestive system that
leads from the
mouth to...
- pathogens. It is also key in the
digestion of
proteins by
activating digestive enzymes,
which together break down the long
chains of
amino acids. Gastric...
-
pieces of food into
smaller pieces which can
subsequently be
accessed by
digestive enzymes.
Mechanical digestion takes place in the
mouth through mastication...
- The
pancreas is an
organ of the
digestive system and
endocrine system of vertebrates. In humans, it is
located in the
abdomen behind the
stomach and functions...
- The
humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a
species of
baleen whale. It is a
rorqual (a
member of the
family Balaenopteridae) and is the only species...
