The morphology and regeneration of the digestive system of the ophiuroid Amphipholis kochii were investigated. The epithelia of the esophagus and stomach of A. kochii were composed of typical ...

The study sheds light on how the digestive system varies with every person, and how it can determine health and how the microbial ecosystem is made. According to a recent study, the human digestive ...

a) In order to keep alive and to carry on their various life activities such as ingestion, digestion, absorption, respiration, movement, circulation, co-ordination, secretion, excretion and ...

Forget what you were told in biology class, as researchers have classified a brand-new organ inside the human body. The mesentery was long-believed to be made up of separate structures, but a new ...

This third article in our series on ageing explores the major anatomical and physiological changes that occur within the digestive system. Subscribe today for unlimited access to 6,000+ clinical ...

Flutters, knots and other stomach sensations tied to nervousness are all examples of the gut-brain axis in action.

Burmese pythons possess a remarkable ability to swallow and digest prey significantly larger than their heads. This ...

A rare glimpse inside a 510-million-year-old digestive system suggests feeding was a complicated business for the first arthropods. Even this early in animal evolution, some animals had a variety of ...

The digestive and reproductive systems of Pseudomeloe miniaceomaculata (Blanchard) has been described. On the basis of such internal anatomical features as V-shaped folds in the stomodaeal intima, ...