Betekenis van:
gastrointestinal tract

gastrointestinal tract
Zelfstandig naamwoord
  • kanaal voor spijsvertering
  • tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination

Synoniemen

Hyperoniemen

Hyponiemen

gastrointestinal tract
Zelfstandig naamwoord
  • maag-darmkanaal
  • tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination

Synoniemen

Hyperoniemen

Hyponiemen


Voorbeeldzinnen

  1. Metaclopramide is a prokinetic drug, which acts more in the proximal gastrointestinal tract.
  2. ‘oral feeding of animals’ means the introduction of feed into an animal’s gastrointestinal tract through the mouth with the aim of meeting the animal’s nutritional needs and/or maintaining the productivity of normally healthy animals;
  3. Bearing in mind that an object may take longer than 24 hours to pass through the gastrointestinal tract, the time period of 24 hours specified for the test method may not be sufficient to test the risk of physical injury in cases where small toys or components of toys are swallowed.
  4. As soon as the growth characteristics of the virus are known, the competent authority may decide to choose either tracheal/oropharyngeal or cloacal swabs rather than to collect both depending on whether the virus replicates better in the respiratory or gastrointestinal tract and also taking into account the species concerned.