The digestive system is the series of tubelike organs that convert our meals into body fuel. There are about 30 feet (9 meters) of these convoluted pipeworks, starting with the mouth and ending ...

The finding, reported in the journal Nature, helps explain how clusters of neurons in the body play a key role in the ...

Scientists have identified two types of brain cells in the abdomen that appear to control different aspects of digestion.

The respiratory system exchanges the gases which are involved in respiration. The digestive system in humans ... Blood transports substances around the body to every cell and removes toxic ...

Mr Shribman: Yeah, so one of the systems in the human body is the digestive system. Ours is simpler than some other animals', like cows and deer have multiple stomachs, we just have the one.

An examination of the roles of organ systems in maintaining life and health in mammals ... Topics include the functions of the heart and blood vessels, breathing, reproduction, and the digestive ...

In addition to the digestive system, the interior of the test also houses the gonads (go) and the water vascular system (rwv). In regular echinoids there are five gonads, each connected to the ...