Wednesday, January 6, 2010

System Digestive - Digestive System

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For every 2 weeks, the human stomach produces a new layer of mucous lining, otherwise the
stomach will digest itself


The human liver performs 500 different functions


Liver is the largest and heaviest internal organ of the body and weighs about 1.6 kilos


The Liver is the only organ of the body, which has the capacity to regenerate itself completely even after being removed almost completely


Liver cells take several years to replace themselves


A healthy liver processes 720 liters of blood per day


The human stomach contains about 35 million small digestive glands


The human stomach produces about 2.5 liters of gastric juice everyday


In an average person, it takes 8 seconds for food to travel down the food pipe, 3-5 hours in small intestine and 3-4 days in the large intestine


The human body takes 6 hours to digest a high fat meal and takes 2 hours for a carbohydrate meal

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