This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Peristalsis enables transport of the food bolus in the gut. Here, I show by dynamic ex vivo intra-cellular calcium imaging on living embryonic ...

What goes in must come out. Although they’re not always fun (or fragrant) to clean up, full diapers are one of the best signs that a baby’s digestive system is doing its job and the efforts to feed ...

The early life stages of fish are marked by the rapid development of the digestive system, which plays a critical role in transitioning from endogenous nutrition, using yolk reserves, to exogenous ...

Rice University neurobiologist Rosa Uribe will be hitting the books for her latest study of the digestive system, but some of the pages in her books are a billion years old. Uribe, an assistant ...

What Is a Yolk Sac? A yolk sac is a small pouch made from thin membranes. The yolk sac is one of the first things to develop during pregnancy and one of the first things your healthcare provider will ...

Human embryo development and early organ formation remain largely unexplored due to ethical issues surrounding the use of embryos for research as well as limited availability of materials to study. In ...