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Nutrition and Digestion
Digestive Hormones and Stomach Control
Description
Digestive hormones control when the stomach makes acid and when food moves into the small intestine. They work with the neuroendocrine system, which links nerve signals and hormone release during digestion.
In the stomach, proteins are detected by sensory neurons in the enteric nervous system. Th...
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Transcript
A digestão envolve o sistema neuroendócrino com o cérebro monitorando e liberando hormônios digestivos em períodos distintos ao longo do processo. No estômago, durante a fase gástrica, quando as proteínas são detetadas, as glândulas liberam dois hormônios, a gastrina e a histamina, que estimulam a produção de ácido clorídrico e aumentam a de suc...
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