Some travel-related infections are spread through the bites of insects, such as mosquitoes (which carry malaria, mah-LAIR-e-uh, and yellow fever) or flies (for example, the tsetse, SET-see, fly can carry trypanosomiasis, trih-pan-o-so-MY-uh-sis). bite from an infected mosquito can transmit filariasis (fih-luh-RYE-uh-sis), a parasitic disease that affects the lymphatic system * . When the infected mosquito feeds, tiny worms pass from it to the person, where they travel to and grow in the lymph vessels.
The role of the liver in digestion. The liver is the largest solid organ inside the body and plays a very important role in the process of digestion by physically regulating it and ensuring release of post digestive nutrients into the system.
1. The following are true: a. Digestion breaks down food so that it can be absorbed into the body.b. In absorption the food molecules move across the epithelial cells lining the GI tractand into the interstitial space from where they then go to the blood and lymph.c.ile salts alone. 16. The liver is involved in all of the following processes except. the digestion of proteins. the digestion of fats. the storage of carbohydrates. the conversion of carbohydrates into fats. the deactivation of toxic compounds.