Deals with the muscular processes involved in the digestion of food. The film demonstrates mechanical and muscular processes of mastication and swallowing; peristalsis in the oesophagus, small intestine, and colour segmentation in the small intestine; contraction waves in the cardiac and pyloric regions of the stomach; absorption of food into the blood from the small intestine, and of water and salts from the colon.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
312893
Language
English
Subject categories
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Anatomy
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Body, Human
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Digestion
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Muscles
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)