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Functions related to the digestive system
Funções relacionadas ao sistema digestivo
CategoryIndex Terms
Functions related to the digestive systemIngestion functionsSuckingBitingChewingManipulation of food in the mouthSalivationSwallowingFunctions involved in swallowingOral swallowingFunctions involved in oral swallowingdroolingPharyngeal swallowingFunctions involved in pharyngeal swallowingOesophageal swallowingFunctions involved in swallowing, unspecifiedFunctions of expelling the contents of the stomach, oesophagus or pharynxVomitingRegurgitatingDigestive functionsTransport of food through stomach and intestinesenzyme production and action in stomach and intestinesperistalsisBreakdown of foodAbsorption of nutrientsmalabsorptionTolerance to foodFunctions involved in tolerance to foodAssimilation functionsfunctions of storage of nutrients in the bodyDefecation functionsElimination of faecesFunctions involved in elimination of faecesconstipationFaecal consistencyFunctions involved in faecal consistencydiarrhoeawatery stoolFrequency of defecationFunctions involved in frequency of defecationFaecal continenceFunctions involved in faecal continenceanal sphincter incompetencefaecal incontinenceFlatulenceFunctions involved in the management of intestinal air or gasesWeight maintenance functionsemaciationmaintenance of acceptable Body Mass Index (BMI)overweightunderweightSensations associated with the digestive systemSensation of nauseaheartburnFeeling bloatedfullness of stomachgas in stomachglobus feelingSensation of abdominal crampspasm of stomach