Fantastic Voyage
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Today, on the twentieth of August, I will take you on a trip inside the gastrointestinal tract, and beyond in the human body to observe the process of digestion and excretion. As simple as it may seem, this process is more than just moving down a hollow tube. To understand this more deeply, let's begin our journey!
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Being reduced to eight microns in a hamburger holds the possibility of being chewed, grinded and dissolved in gastric acid. Even though I used special shield defenses, the slight possibility can still be a scary thought. Despite the risk, I felt motivated enough to allow myself to be amazed by the human body.
In about a moment, I was in the mouth of a 55-year-old man. Mixed with me, were fries, meat, lettuce, cheese, burgers and bear. Staying away from the teeth was a difficult job since the tongue was constantly working to bring me and other contents to teeth. The teeth, mainly the molars, were busy grinding and crushing the food, breaking them into smaller pieces. With every bite, a gush of secretions was produced by minute pores at different places in the oral cavity. These secretions enveloped the food, making them smoother. They also seemed to help in breaking them into smaller pieces. The major enzyme produced by these salivary glands is the amylase. This helps break down proteins, such as the meat and lettuce in this elderly man's diet. (Barrett et al., 2010)
Eventually, the food and I were rolled into a ball, or a bolus, and pushed to the back by the tongue and squeezed against the oral part of the pharynx. At this brief moment, I experienced an important reflex, called swallowing. This process is mediated by the involvement of 55 muscles of the oropharyngeal, laryngeal and esophageal regions, 6 cranial nerves, and 2 cervical nerve roots. My extra vigilance helped me appreciate the two sets of muscles that worked concomitantly to allow this man to swallow his bite. One set of muscles were involved in keeping the mouth closed, and the other helped create positive pressure...
Fantastic Voyage [hs130, section: ____ ] I walked into my office at 8:00 AM with an empty mind. I was worried about the transmission that I needed to air in two days. When my boss asked me that morning about what the transmission would be, I lied and said, "Let that be a surprise!" I quickly logged online for ideas. Just then, I was interrupted by a man who wanted to speak
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