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DIGESTIVE TRACT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination
Synonyms:
alimentary canal; alimentary tract; digestive tract; digestive tube; gastrointestinal tract; GI tract
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("digestive tract" is a kind of...):
canal; channel; duct; epithelial duct (a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance)
Meronyms (parts of "digestive tract"):
breadbasket; stomach; tum; tummy (an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion)
esophagus; gorge; gullet; oesophagus (the passage between the pharynx and the stomach)
small intestine (the longest part of the alimentary canal; where digestion is completed)
large intestine (beginning with the cecum and ending with the rectum; includes the cecum and the colon and the rectum; extracts moisture from food residues which are later excreted as feces)
pharynx; throat (the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "digestive tract"):
enteron (the alimentary canal (especially of an embryo or a coelenterate))
Holonyms ("digestive tract" is a part of...):
digestive system; gastrointestinal system; systema alimentarium; systema digestorium (the system that makes food absorbable into the body)
Context examples:
They usually start in the lining of the digestive tract or in the lungs.
(Carcinoid Tumors, NIH)
E. ventriosum is commensal to the human digestive tract.
(Eubacterium ventriosum, NCI Thesaurus)
General surgeons treat diseases of the abdomen, breast, head and neck, blood vessels, and digestive tract.
(General surgery, NCI Dictionary)
Enzymes produced and secreted by the pancreas which aid in the proteolysis of proteins in the digestive tract.
(Pancreatic Proteolytic Enzymes, NCI Thesaurus)
These cells also lost barrier functions that ordinarily move food along the digestive tract.
(Eosinophilic esophagitis may be due to missing protein, National Institutes of Health)
The digestive tract is home to 100 trillion bacteria.
(Food Additives Alter Gut Microbes, Cause Diseases in Mice, NIH)
Th17 cells normally live in so-called barrier sites—such as the mouth, skin, and digestive tract—where germs make first contact with the body.
(Researchers identify immune culprits linked to inflammation and bone loss in gum disease, National Institutes of Health)
A multitude of bacteria populate the human digestive tract, and this gut microbiota plays important roles in maintaining health.
(Bacteriophage therapy may ease severity of alcoholic hepatitis, National Institutes of Health)
In fat rats with grossly dysregulated gut health, thanks to being fed junk food, probiotics positively changed the bacterial make-up in their digestive tract and benefitted brain function, preventing spatial memory loss.
(Probiotics May Not Always Be A Silver Bullet for Better Health, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Our digestive tracts are home to trillions of microbes—including bacteria, fungi, and viruses.
(Infant gut microbes linked to allergy, asthma risk, NIH)
