Introduction
Can you name few of the activities that you perform everyday? You will certainly have a long list which would include things like eating, playing, cooking, reading, washing, traveling and so on. Now, can you list some of the activities that you accomplish in the early hours of morning? Your list would surely have one activity, going to bathroom!!!
Most of us start our daily activities by going to bathroom. The rest of the day is passed comfortably, if the bathroom activities are accomplished properly. If you suffer from even a minute problem in digestive system, you are likely to suffer from a range of other problems like headaches, dizziness or laziness etc. therefore, it is very essential for us to accomplish the two bathroom activities comfortably, poo and wee. The solid waste produced by our digestive system is called as poo or faeces while the liquid waste is produced by kidneys, termed as urine or wee. Let us see how does the digestive system work for us?
How does Digestive System work?
The digestive system includes a range of organs that starts from mouth and ends in anus. During the entire process, many organs participate to remove waste materials from our body. When we start eating the foods, they are properly chewed into smaller pieces and water (saliva) is added to it. The chewing is one of the essential parts of digestion. Smaller pieces of food help in digesting the food easily. Therefore, doctors suggest that everyone should masticate (chew) the food at least for 32 times before proceeding further. Saliva helps the food to pass through oesophagus easily and reach to the stomach. The muscles in the oesophagus squeeze the food along and the process is called as peristalsis.
Acid is mixed with the food in the stomach to start the digestion process. The food is passed into the small intestine for further digestion. Small intestine is the upper part of the bowel where the enzymes are added to the food. Here, the complex food molecules are converted into the smaller particles in such a way that they can be sent to the other organs and body cells. The smaller particles of the food are absorbed through the wall of the small intestine into the blood. From here, the journey of the food starts to different parts of the body. The complex or big molecules of food that can not be absorbed in the small intestine goes to the lower bowel.
What happens to the Complex molecules?
Water, the undigested food and the body waste move to the lower bowel which is known as the large intestine. Here, bacteria help in breaking the complex molecules into nutrients like water and some vitamins. These nutrients are absorbed by the body. The bacteria also prepare some gases such as hydrogen, methane, and hydrogen sulphide. Besides these, if there are still any food particles present, they stay in the lower part of the bowel called the rectum. Once the waste in the rectum reaches its limit, the nerves in the rectum sends the message to the brain for the disposal of waste. That is the time when we rush to the bathroom for removing the waste from the body. At the time of waste disposal, the anus opens and the muscles in the rectum push out the faeces.
Can you name few of the activities that you perform everyday? You will certainly have a long list which would include things like eating, playing, cooking, reading, washing, traveling and so on. Now, can you list some of the activities that you accomplish in the early hours of morning? Your list would surely have one activity, going to bathroom!!!
Most of us start our daily activities by going to bathroom. The rest of the day is passed comfortably, if the bathroom activities are accomplished properly. If you suffer from even a minute problem in digestive system, you are likely to suffer from a range of other problems like headaches, dizziness or laziness etc. therefore, it is very essential for us to accomplish the two bathroom activities comfortably, poo and wee. The solid waste produced by our digestive system is called as poo or faeces while the liquid waste is produced by kidneys, termed as urine or wee. Let us see how does the digestive system work for us?
How does Digestive System work?
The digestive system includes a range of organs that starts from mouth and ends in anus. During the entire process, many organs participate to remove waste materials from our body. When we start eating the foods, they are properly chewed into smaller pieces and water (saliva) is added to it. The chewing is one of the essential parts of digestion. Smaller pieces of food help in digesting the food easily. Therefore, doctors suggest that everyone should masticate (chew) the food at least for 32 times before proceeding further. Saliva helps the food to pass through oesophagus easily and reach to the stomach. The muscles in the oesophagus squeeze the food along and the process is called as peristalsis.
Acid is mixed with the food in the stomach to start the digestion process. The food is passed into the small intestine for further digestion. Small intestine is the upper part of the bowel where the enzymes are added to the food. Here, the complex food molecules are converted into the smaller particles in such a way that they can be sent to the other organs and body cells. The smaller particles of the food are absorbed through the wall of the small intestine into the blood. From here, the journey of the food starts to different parts of the body. The complex or big molecules of food that can not be absorbed in the small intestine goes to the lower bowel.
What happens to the Complex molecules?
Water, the undigested food and the body waste move to the lower bowel which is known as the large intestine. Here, bacteria help in breaking the complex molecules into nutrients like water and some vitamins. These nutrients are absorbed by the body. The bacteria also prepare some gases such as hydrogen, methane, and hydrogen sulphide. Besides these, if there are still any food particles present, they stay in the lower part of the bowel called the rectum. Once the waste in the rectum reaches its limit, the nerves in the rectum sends the message to the brain for the disposal of waste. That is the time when we rush to the bathroom for removing the waste from the body. At the time of waste disposal, the anus opens and the muscles in the rectum push out the faeces.
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