I’m a Scientist is like school science lessons meet the X Factor! School students choose which scientist gets a prize of $1000 to communicate their work.
Scientists and students talk on this website. They both break down barriers, have fun and learn. But only the students get to vote.
This zone is the Organs Zone. It has scientists studying health and disease in various parts of our bodies. Who gets the prize? YOU decide!
Hi matthew1!
If the digestive system is removed from the body, it will continue to move as long as the tissue is kept alive by keeping it in a bath of physiological saline (electrolytes your body uses- like in powerade), at the right temperature and with fresh oxygen.
The gut will continue to receive information from nerve cells in the enteric nervous system (ENS) inside the muscle layers in the gut wall. These nerve cells/neurons detect changes to the environment inside. The gut can also detect movements or if chemicals are present. This information makes the muscle move to contract and relax and that helps to push food along the intestine- even if it’s been removed from the rest of the body!
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