A rough analogy is when the oil in your car's engine is dirty and needs changing, it gets blackened, thick and sludgy. Thickened bile can't flow well. Since your intestines REQUIRE bile to stimulate movement, poor bile flow causes lack of peristalsis, which equals constipation.
A water molecule measure approximately 2.75 angstroms, making it one of the smallest of all molecules. One meter is 10 billion angstroms. The water molecule is shaped like a V, with two atoms of hydrogen extending at an angle of around 104 degrees from an atom of oxygen. Continue Reading.
On smaller scales than that, the quantum rules that govern individual particles start to become important. Single atoms, with electrons orbiting a nucleus, come in at about the size of an Angstrom: 10-10 meters. The atomic nucleus itself, made up of protons and neutrons, is 100,000 times smaller than the atoms in which they are found: a scale of 10-15 meters. Within each individual proton or neutron, quarks and gluons reside. While molecules, atoms, and nuclei all have sizes associated with them, the fundamental particles theyâre made out of â quarks, gluons, and electrons â are truly point-like. The quarks, antiquarks, and gluons of the standard model have a color charge, in addition to all the other properties like mass and electric charge.