How to Use digestive system in a Sentence

digestive system

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  • Once fused, the invertebrates can even synchronize their muscle contractions and merge their digestive systems.
    — Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Steak contains a form of iron that, if eaten frequently over many years, may cause chronic inflammation and damage in the digestive system, raising the risk of colorectal cancer, the third most common type.
    — Matt Fuchs, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
  • This type of weight loss surgery changes the structure of your digestive system.
    — Verywell Health, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Fiber needs fluid to help move through the digestive system.
    — Amanda MacMillan, Health, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Incredibly, the health of the digestive system plays a huge role in brain health.
    — Serena Poon, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2021
  • Just like in humans, the digestive system is the foundation to good health.
    — Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
  • Take longer to work: The digestive system does not break down tablets as quickly as capsules.
    — Health Editorial Team, Health, 30 Mar. 2024
  • All of those components of a carcass will pass straight through the bear’s digestive system and come out the other side.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 30 May 2024
  • After going through the bird’s digestive system, the seeds come out looking like pink and white pearls.
    — oregonlive, 25 Feb. 2023
  • But a bear’s digestive system usually struggles to break down the seeds, pits, skins, and sometimes even the berry flesh.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 30 May 2024
  • Dark-red or brown stools could be due to blood being higher up in the digestive system, in the small intestine.
    — Dr. Roshini Raj, Health, 17 June 2024
  • The more types of bacteria in their digestive systems, the better.
    — Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 12 Aug. 2024
  • By week 18, the fetus should have started to hear some of its first sounds like your heartbeat and gurgles in your digestive system.
    — Tiffany Eve Lawrence, Parents, 3 May 2024
  • This gas is produced by the bacteria that break down food in your digestive system.
    — Karen Pallarito, Health, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Thanks to the stress alcohol causes the digestive system, the stomach and the intestines become lazy.
    — Hannah Coates, Vogue, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Fiber adds bulk to your stool and keeps you regular, while water helps move waste through your digestive system.
    — Erica Sweeney, Good Housekeeping, 16 June 2022
  • But is a tortoise’s digestive system even equipped to handle meat?
    — Matt Simon, Wired, 23 Aug. 2021
  • The only way to rectify it is to not engage with your digestive system.
    — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 4 Sep. 2024
  • During this recovery phase, the heart rate slows to normal, the immune system lets down its guard, and the digestive system starts up again.
    — Shi En Kim, Scientific American, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Loons and swans pick up the lead tackle pieces while looking for pebbles needed for their digestive system.
    — John Myers, Twin Cities, 11 May 2024
  • The find provides new clues about the flying reptile’s diet and digestive system.
    — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Feb. 2022
  • The answer to this question is never no, but again—the digestive system is already rumbling.
    — Bon Appétit Contributor, Bon Appétit, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Some things passing through the digestive system may then work their way past the lining and into the intestinal tissue.
    — Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 24 Sep. 2024
  • But that’s just an average: More than likely, some parts of the megalodon’s body were warmer than others, such as its brain, its eyes and the area around its digestive system.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2023
  • In other tests, the capsules passed through the animals’ digestive systems within four to five days.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2024
  • But the birds cannot digest metal, so these objects often get stuck in their digestive systems.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The good news is that your digestive system gets more efficient at breaking down dietary fiber when it’s used to doing it.
    — Marygrace Taylor, SELF, 2 May 2024
  • Research also shows that your digestive system slows down so that your body can process the alcohol.
    — Good Housekeeping Editors, Good Housekeeping, 24 May 2023
  • The fact is that constipation can cause nausea based on the way your digestive system is structured.
    — Colleen Stinchcombe, Health, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Similar to other parts of the digestive system, the large intestine is made up of four layers of tissue: mucosa (innermost layer), submucosa, muscular, and serosa.
    — Cristina Mutchler, Health, 19 Oct. 2024

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