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Elderly male who has a feeding tube inserted in his alimentary canal. His…
Elderly male who has a feeding tube inserted in his alimentary canal. His gallbladder was removed years ago.
upstream
esophagus, stomach and duodenum are being bypassed
lingual lipase, gastric lipase, salivary amylase and maybe enteropeptidase are not being added to the food
and any other enzymes produced in the stomach, duodenum and esophagus
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downstream
based on upstream causes he is not able to chew and swallow any food and is not able to store and concentrate bile. The bile flows straight to intestine when the liver produces it
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because he isn't using his oral cavity or stomach the food that goes into the feeding tube has to have a liquid consistency
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background
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digestive organs
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small intestine
long tube that extends from the pylorus of the stomach to the cecum of the lg int. which finishes chemical digestion and is responsible for absorbing most of the nutrients from food
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gallbladder
stores, concentrates and releases bile
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