4.2.1 Time to Digest

• The digestive system is the bodily system concentrated with indigestion, digestion, and absorbtion of food.
• The gastronial tract is the stomach and intestines as a functional unit.
• Accessory organ aid in the digestio of out foods, but are not a part of the long GI tube.
• Digestion is the process of making food absorable by mechanically and enzymatically breaking it.
• Mechanical digestion is the physical break down of food by teeth and muscle movements of the digestive system.
• Chemical design is the chemical breakdown of food by digestive enzymes and acids.
• A psychologist is a mental health professional who provides evaluation and therapy to help people cope.
• What is chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIP)?


  A motility issue with the GI tract.
• Symptoms include abdominal pain, bloating, nausea, vomiting, constipation, diarrhea, weight loss, and malnutrition
• What are sphincters?


  A ring of muscle surrounding a passage in the body; it constricts of relaxes to regulate the flow of substances.
• In the upper GI tract are two esophageal spinchers and one pyloric sphincter. Where are these sphincters located and what is their purpose?

  At the top of the esophagus; allows food to travel through.
• Gastronomy tube is a tube inserted through the belly that brings nutrition directly to the stomache.
• Jejunostomy tube delivers food and medicine until the person is healthy enough to eat by mouth.
• Feeding help someone with Macey's condition because it helps deliver the nutrients needed to her body.
• An ostomy bag is a plastic pouch that collects either urine or stool.
• An ostomy works by taking waste from the body and putting it into a bag.
• An ostomy bag allows the intestine to heal.