A summary of the digestive process, including the following aspects: the function of the mouth; stomach, and small intestine; secretions and enzymes - the systems affected and the products formed; reactions, digestive movements, and their control (recorded by microphotography); the relation of the circulatory and nervous systems to the digestive process; motility of the digestive tract - normal movements, hypermotility, inhibition, hunger contractions, segmentations, peristalsis and anti-peristalsis; and motility of the intestinal villi.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
002844
Language
English
Subject categories
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Biology - Study and teaching
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Body, Human
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Digestion
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Mouth
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Stomach
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Biology - Study and teaching
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)