Essays Tagged: "Stomach"

Digestive teck path of the Big Mac.

esophagus. This is the muscular tube that contracts along its length to push the food down into the stomach. In the alimentarycanal the meat and special sauce is being absorbed. The fat in the sauce i ... protein in the meat is used to build muscles,the lettuce, pickles, onions are also absorbed.In the stomach, which is a muscle, the food is churned about while digestive juices pour int from glands in ...

(1 pages) 65 0 2.7 Mar/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology

'Speed' Methylamphetamine

depressing moments of school. On Speed, users never want to eat because the drug shrivels up their stomach that causes massive weight loss. One of the reasons' women use the drug is to lose weight, w ...

(3 pages) 83 1 3.2 Mar/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

How to fight successfully in hockey

he best ofthe pros to win the fight.One very good way to win is to, first, punch theopponent in the stomach so he bends over toward you. Next,grab the bottom of the back side of his jersey and forcefu ... u can finishthe fight by throwing the punches that you throw thehardest to your opponent's face and stomach.Another good technique is to grab the opponent's collarof his jersey right below his chin wi ...

(2 pages) 58 0 3.5 Apr/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL (BAL) MONITORING

(or 1/1000) of your totalblood content is alcohol. When you drink alcohol it goes directly from the stomach intothe blood stream. This is why you typically feel the effects of alcohol quite quickly,es ...

(2 pages) 77 0 4.5 Jan/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Pakistani Food

tan. All this time, I remembered my cousin telling me to watch out because I was a foreigner and my stomach would take time to adjust to the different style of food. The waiter finally came around hol ...

(3 pages) 60 0 4.8 Mar/2002

Subjects: Art Essays

Anabolic Steroids, use and side effects

ected steroids carry benefits and adverse effects. Orally taken steroids are well absorbed into the stomach and they are excreted fairly rapidly. The bad side of taking oral steroids is that they are ... ected steroids carry benefits and adverse effects. Orally taken steroids are well absorbed into the stomach and they are excreted fairly rapidly. The bad side of taking oral steroids is that they are ...

(10 pages) 340 3 4.3 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

The Day in the Life of a Drug Addict

wake-up . . . get out of bed!' He was wide awake and holding a sixteenth of cocaine in his hand. My stomach started churring as I got up and ran to the restroom. He had woken me up many days like this ...

(3 pages) 57 0 4.5 Feb/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

Baseball: Experience Essay

y is special. Today, I pitch.While I drive down the road, I feel butterflies begin to flutter in my stomach. All I can think of is, "What if I mess up?" or "What will coach do when I hit a kid?" The f ...

(2 pages) 86 1 4.3 Apr/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

"Time I almost died"

ing conditions are poor to drive my new car. Suddenly, a bad feeling was growing from the pit of my stomach. I tried to concentrate on the car, but the misty weather, as well as the sameness of the ro ...

(6 pages) 71 0 3.0 Oct/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

"My Fear of Public Speaking" by Josh Abney

the brim with people of all ages, I am utterly without mind. My fingers are numb with fear, and my stomach is turning every which way. I take a deep breath, and try to release all of my bottled up n ...

(3 pages) 182 1 4.5 Nov/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Performing Arts

My Passion of Reading: From Birth to Death

it was time to get up. As my mother called for me, I remember, I had this sinking sensation in my stomach and I knew then that this day would change my life forever, for today I was going to embark ...

(3 pages) 72 2 4.1 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Liking or Love?

him to the floor. The second feeling is like a knife stabbing right to my most vulnerable spot, my stomach, or at least that that was mine. You get of so called "Love" is pain! The feeling I want to ...

(3 pages) 46 0 1.9 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

EGYPT--Description of Egyption culture, mummification, government and religion of ancient egypt--also a comparison with modern Egypt

he heart. They believed thoughts came from the heart and not the brain. Embalmers also took out the stomach, liver, and intestines through a cut in the side.In the second step, the body was washed wit ... th cloth or other kinds of material to help it dry and keep its shape.In the third step, the lungs, stomach, liver and intestines were washed, dried, and covered with resin. They were then wrapped wit ...

(14 pages) 215 0 4.5 Nov/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History > Ancient Egypt

Functions of organs in the digestive system,(BASIC)

ts.EsophagusThe esophagus is a muscular tube, which carries food and liquids from the throat to the stomach for digestion after it has been chewed. The food then travels downward toward the stomach by ... the walls of the esophagus. If you have eaten any food that is bad or something that is poison the stomach will make it all travel all the way back up the esophagus and you will start throwing it up. ...

(2 pages) 115 0 4.2 Dec/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology

Marijuana: Marvelous Medicine.

among sick patients. Chemotherapy, part of the process for cancer patients, can extremely upset the stomach and cause nausea. Thus, causing patients to feel weaker as the slow process continues.No dou ...

(2 pages) 47 0 3.3 Feb/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

The summary of the book "Hatchet".

ane for a few minutes. The pilot seems to be experiencing increasing pain in his shoulder, arm, and stomach. At first Brian does not think it is very serious, but as the pilot begins jerking in his se ...

(3 pages) 90 1 4.0 Feb/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Enchanting Escape

field as I approached the summit of this beastly hill. My fears inside of me began to climax as my stomach turned and my face blushed cherry red. As I lay in my rusty sled my heart began to pump incr ... what this shocking turn of events would mean. The idea of returning to school the next day made my stomach turn and my heart break. I pondered if this were the last snow-day, did I use it to my most ...

(4 pages) 44 0 2.4 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

"The Broken Chain" by Gary Soto

ed normal he was offended with the way he looked so he would do fifty sit ups every day to make his stomach fill the fat with muscle. He also didn't like the way his teeth were crooked so every day he ...

(2 pages) 36 0 2.5 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

I was required to write about a personal experience. Mine was a rutine surgery that ended up being a major operation.

sensation I felt, until... I tried to move. The pain! It was beyond namable. The pain started in my stomach then shot through my back and added to the throbbing in my hammering head. When the initial ...

(4 pages) 98 1 4.7 Mar/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Japanese suicide ritual

me for ritual suicides and hara-kiri is the common language term.Hara-kiri, which literally means, "stomach cutting", is a very painful method of self-termination. This was an almost unheard of practi ...

(2 pages) 62 0 3.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History