X-Nico

unusual facts about digestive system



Careoradula perelegans

Digestive system: Careoradula perelegans is unique among other streptaxids, because it has no radula, no odontophore and no retractor muscles associated with these structures.

Heterozygote advantage

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an autosomal recessive hereditary disease of the lungs, sweat glands and digestive system.

Paul Grützner

In the 1870s, with Wilhelm Ebstein (1836–1912), he performed important research involving the physiochemical behavior of pepsin in the digestive tract.


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Ampo snack

Food from clay, named "Ampo" This has become a traditional food that is trusted by the people in the island of Java, especially people in Central Java and East Java, is believed to strengthen the digestive system.

Oplopanax japonicus

This species of plant belongs to a genus that is rich in Calcium oxalate, which is toxic to the digestive system.