Examples of feces in the following topics:
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- The large intestine absorbs water from the chyme and stores feces until they can be defecated.
- The large intestine absorbs water from the chyme and stores feces until it can be egested.
- Food products that cannot go through the villi, such as cellulose (dietary fiber), are mixed with other waste products from the body and become hard and concentrated feces.
- The feces is stored in the rectum for a certain period and then the stored feces is eliminated from the body due to the contraction and relaxation through the anus .
- Describe the process of absorption and feces formation in the large intestine
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- Hookworms include Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus, whose larvae penetrate the skin after their ova have been passed in human feces.
- The eggs are passed in the feces of the infected individual, the larvae hatch, contaminate the soil, and can penetrate the skin when contact is made.
- Ascaris, the largest roundworm, lives in the intestine and the eggs are passed in the feces of the infected person.
- Hookworms, another type of soil-transmitted helminth, reside in the small intestine and eggs are passed in the feces of the infected individual.
- Whipworms (Trichuris trichiura), a type of soil-transmitted helminth, resides in the large intestine and eggs are passed in the feces of the infected individuals.
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- Dysentery is characterized as an inflammatory disorder of the intestine that results in severe diarrhea containing both mucus and blood in the feces, often accompanied with fever and abdominal pain.
- Ameobic cysts are often found in areas of the world where the use of human feces for fertilizer is common, often referred to as 'night soil'.
- If they are passed in the feces as is, instead of developing into cysts, their survival rate decreases as they are unable to survive in harsh environments .
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- Fluid can leave the body in several ways: urination, exretion (feces), and perspiration (sweating).
- Fluid can leave the body in several ways: urination, excretion (feces), and perspiration (sweating).
- In addition, an adult loses approximately 100ml/day of fluid through feces.
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- Approximately 95% of the bile acids are reabsorbed from the intestines, and the remainder is lost in the feces.
- Cholesterol is converted mainly into coprostanol, a nonabsorbable sterol that is excreted in the feces.
- A cholesterol-reducing bacterium origin has been isolated from human feces.
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- The bug then proceeds to defecate on the person, passing Trypanosoma cruzi parasites in its feces in posterior station infection.
- Triatomines pass T. cruzi parasites (called trypomastigotes) in feces left near the site of the bite wound.
- The most recognized marker of acute Chagas disease is called Romaña's sign, which includes swelling of the eyelids on the side of the face near the bite wound or where the bug feces were deposited or accidentally rubbed into the eye.
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- The internal and external anal sphincters, along with the puborectalis muscle, allow the feces to be passed by pulling the anus up and over the exiting feces in shortening and contracting actions.
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- In the colon, for example, the muscularis externa is much thicker because the feces are large and heavy, and require more force to push along.
- Occasionally in the large intestine (two to three times a day), there will be mass contraction of certain segments, moving a lot of feces along.
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- Constipation is a condition where the feces are hardened because of excess water removal in the colon.
- In contrast, if not enough water is removed from the feces, it results in diarrhea.
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- Fecal occult blood (FOB) refers to not-visibly-apparent blood in the feces that may indicate problems with the gastrointestinal tract.
- Blood in the feces that is not visibly apparent is referred to as fecal occult blood (FOB).
- A fecal occult blood test (FOBT) checks for hidden (occult) blood in the stool (feces).