Gastroesophagel Reflux Disease (also known as GERD)

Gatroesophageal Reflux Disease

My thesis : A digestive system dis known as Gastroesophageal reflux disease , which is also known as GERD , acid reflux , or acid regurgitation , is a dental health risk

Briefly on digestive systems- The system comprises organ that partake in the ingestion of food , mastication of food and its digestion . It involves system of nutrients absorption and defecation of undigested food particles . The parts are upper gastrointestinal tract and the lower gastrointestinal portion . The tract or gut has primitive development form the foregut , midgut and the hindgut of a developing

embryo . While the upper tract constitute the mouth part , the slightly dilated pharynx , the narrow esophagus and a large chamber called stomach , the mouth contains the buccal cavity that partake in the digestion of carbohydrate through the presence of salivary glands openings , it also has the tongue and the tooth . Peristaltic movement occurring in the upper gastrointestinal tract also takes place in the lower gastrointestinal tract . This is the process of spasmodic contraction of the muscle lining the digestive tract in to propel food direction down the tract spanning through the chest and transverse or pierce the diaphragm (central portion

The lower gastrointestinal tract comprises the small and large bowel The small intestine is composed of duodenum , the jejunum and the ileum while the large bowel has the cecum , the colon and the rectum . Each of these parts is equally subdivided

of anatomy of the digestive system is incomplete without mentioning accessory organs of digestion that pour...