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CONTENTS 



B. Stomach ai'ter Feeding 



1. Vascular Changes 



2. Secretion 



(1.) Characters of Secretion , 

 (2.) Source of Constituents 

 (3.) Course of Gastric Digestion 



(a) Amylolytic Period . 



(6) Proteolytic Period . 

 (4.) Digestion of the Wall of the Stomach 

 (5.) Antiseptic Action of the Gastric Juice 

 (6.) Influence of Food on the Gastric Juice 

 (7.) Nervous iNIechanism of Secretion 

 (8.) Chemical Stimulation 



3. Movements of Stomach 



1. Character . 



2. Nervous Mechanism 



C. Absorption from the Stomach 

 JJ. Eegurgitation of the Gastric Contents 



1. Into the Gullet 



2. Vomiting 

 IV. Intestinal Digestion 



A. 

 B. 



a 



D. 

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B. 



Pancreatic Secretion 



Bile .... 



Succus Entericus 



Bacterial Action 



Fate of the Digestive Secretions 



Movements of the Intestine . 



1. Small Intestine . 



2. Large Intestine . 



3. Defecation 

 Digestion in Herbivora 



1. Digestion in Ruminants 



2. Digestion in the Horse . 



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SECTION III. 



Absorption of Food. 



1. State in which Food is Absorbed 



2. Mode of Absorption .... 



3. Channels of Absorption 



Storage of Surplus Food .... 



Tlie Liver as a Regulator of the Supply to the Muscles 



1. Regulation of the Supjjly of Sugar 



2. Regulation of the Supply of Fats 



3. Regulation of the Supply of Proteins . 



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