Definitions for gastrointestinal tract
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1. alimentary canal, alimentary tract, digestive tube, digestive tract, gastrointestinal tract, GI tractnoun

   tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination

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1. gastrointestinal tractnoun

   The digestive tract

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1. Gastrointestinal tract

   The gastrointestinal tract (GI tract, digestive tract, alimentary canal) is the tract or passageway of the digestive system that leads from the mouth to the anus. The GI tract contains all the major organs of the digestive system, in humans and other animals, including the esophagus, stomach, and intestines. Food taken in through the mouth is digested to extract nutrients and absorb energy, and the waste expelled at the anus as feces. Gastrointestinal is an adjective meaning of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines. Most animals have a "through-gut" or complete digestive tract. Exceptions are more primitive ones: sponges have small pores (ostia) throughout their body for digestion and a larger dorsal pore (osculum) for excretion, comb jellies have both a ventral mouth and dorsal anal pores, while cnidarians and acoels have a single pore for both digestion and excretion.The human gastrointestinal tract consists of the esophagus, stomach, and intestines, and is divided into the upper and lower gastrointestinal tracts. The GI tract includes all structures between the mouth and the anus, forming a continuous passageway that includes the main organs of digestion, namely, the stomach, small intestine, and large intestine. The complete human digestive system is made up of the gastrointestinal tract plus the accessory organs of digestion (the tongue, salivary glands, pancreas, liver and gallbladder). The tract may also be divided into foregut, midgut, and hindgut, reflecting the embryological origin of each segment. The whole human GI tract is about nine metres (30 feet) long at autopsy. It is considerably shorter in the living body because the intestines, which are tubes of smooth muscle tissue, maintain constant muscle tone in a halfway-tense state but can relax in spots to allow for local distention and peristalsis.The gastrointestinal tract contains the gut microbiota, with some 1,000 different strains of bacteria having diverse roles in maintenance of immune health and metabolism, and many other microorganisms. Cells of the GI tract release hormones to help regulate the digestive process. These digestive hormones, including gastrin, secretin, cholecystokinin, and ghrelin, are mediated through either intracrine or autocrine mechanisms, indicating that the cells releasing these hormones are conserved structures throughout evolution.

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1. gastrointestinal tract

   The gastrointestinal tract, also known as the digestive tract, is a series of hollow organs joined in a long, twisting tube from the mouth to the anus. This system is responsible for consuming and digestifying food and liquids, absorbing nutrients, and expelling waste. The main components include the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum, and anus, along with various other accessory organs that aid in digestion.

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1. Gastrointestinal Tract

   Generally refers to the digestive structures stretching from the MOUTH to ANUS, but does not include the accessory glandular organs (LIVER; BILIARY TRACT; PANCREAS).

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   The numerical value of gastrointestinal tract in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

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   The numerical value of gastrointestinal tract in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of gastrointestinal tract in a Sentence

1. Travis Barker:

   In case of deep enteroscopy, like double balloon or single balloon scopes, [which] gets to a deep length [of the gastrointestinal tract] to check small bowel problems, the concept is same as pressure trauma [to cause pancreatitis].

2. Kara Landau:

   Resistant starch is not digested as it travels through the gastrointestinal tract, instead, it is fermented by the beneficial bacteria living in the gut. This fermentation process releases byproducts that improve the body’s insulin response, which help to prevent fat stored around the abdomen. Abdominal fat is highly correlated with diabetes, and a waist circumference larger than 35 inches in women and 40 inches in men is a risk factor for heart disease.

3. Valerie Harwood:

   Those genes are like candy. They are organic molecules and they'll be eaten up by other bacteria, other organisms, that's where the danger is - if a person then ingests that infected organism - because it will make it through their gastrointestinal tract and potentially make someone ill.

4. Viviane Labrie:

   Parkinson's disease is multisystem disorder, and so there's likely to be many sites of origin in terms of where Parkinson's disease starts, the [ gastrointestinal tract ] being one of them. For other people, it may begin in the brain.

5. Patrick Wanis:

   We’ve known for years that stress creates fatigue, aches, pains, insomnia, anxiety and [it can affect] the gastrointestinal tract with ulcers, IBS, and the endocrine system, as well as your thyroid. We know that stress leads to high blood pressure, heart attacks, stroke, and more.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gastrointestinal_Tract
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastrointestinal_Tract
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