Important Tips

Lumen is the hollow space present in the middle of alimentary canal and is the site where process of digest
takes place
Stomach of frog is unilobed with two parts as anterior cardiac (various type of cells present in it secretes muco
pepsinogen enzyme and HCl) and posterior pyloric (cells present secretes mucous). Frogs stomach has o
pyloric sphincter valve present between stomach and duodenum.
During hunger the folds of stomach deepen are called rugae.
The length of human alimentary canal is approximately 910 meters.
The length of the alimentary canal depends on the basis of feeding habits. i.e. more complex the fo
(Herbivorous condition) more the length of alimentary canal, hence smallest alimentary canal is of carnivores a
medium sized in omnivores.
Greenish faecal matter passed by infant in first two days of birth due to sterilized intestine is called meconium.
National institute of nutrition in Hyderabad.
Gastritis Inflammation of stomach due to excessive intake of alcohol.
Gastric ulcer (inflammation of mucosa of stomach) and duodenal ulcer is due to excess of acidic gastric juices.
Amount of rennin decreases with age, then the curdling of milk is done by pepsin and chymotrypsin.
The policeman to the abdomen is omentum.
Removal of stomach causes dumpong syndrome.
The inner surface of small intestine is raised into longitudinal and circular fold called valvulae.
Chief cells of the gastric glands secreting zymogen, have well-developed rough ER.
Argentaffin cells occur both in stomach and duodenum.
Splanchnology is the study of the viscera.
Achalasia cardia condition is characterised by failure of cardiac sphincter to relax completely on swallow
causing food accumulation in oesophagus and proximal oesophagus dilates.
Chyme is the acidic food which passes from stomach to duodenum.
Stomach is the site for digestion of protein. Size of stomach depend on the basis of proteineous diet,
carnivorous animal stomach large than herbivorous animal.
Oesophagus does not secrete any enzyme.
Stomach absent in labeo, lamprey and hag fish.
Hunger pangs Stomach churns every 20 second, when an empty stomach churns, hunger pangs are feel.
Liver is well developed in carnivorous animals.