Digestive System: A Tutorial Study Guide

By Nicoladie Tam

“Digestive System” is a part of the college-level Principles of Biology course series textbooks.  It is a tutorial written in questions and answers format to describe the anatomy and physiology of the digestive system, including the food intake, energy balance, chemical and physical digestion, food groups, essential nutrients, excretion and evolution of the digestive system.

It is a study guide with in-depth explanations.  Each section is a modular unit that is self-contained for easy reading. The principles and concepts are introduced systematically so students can learn and retain the materials intuitively.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Nicoladie Tam
• Release date: Jun 12, 2015
• ISBN: 9781301317097

Nicoladie Tam

Dr. Nicoladie Tam, Ph.D., is a writer and a professor who does research in emotions and the brain.  She is an expert in neuropsychology, neurophysiology, brain imaging, computational neuroscience, and bioengineering.  She has a Ph.D. degree in Physiology, and three Bachelor of Science degrees in Computer Science, Physics and Astrophysics.  She has also been a suicide and crisis counselor, with extensive counseling experience in relationships and crisis management.  She is also a life coach, who does relationship coaching and executive coaching, inspires others in achieving the very best.

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Digestive System

A Tutorial Study Guide

Nicoladie Tam, Ph. D.

Copyright © 2015 by Nicoladie Tam, Ph.D.

ISBN 978-1-301-31709-7

All rights reserved, no part of this publication may be reproduced in any form, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means without prior written permission of the author, except in the case of brief quotations in critical review articles.

Authored by:Nicoladie Tam, Ph.D.

Published by:Nicoladie Tam, Ph.D.

First Published:August 16, 2013

Revision Date:June 20, 2015

eBook ISBN:9781301317097

Book statistics:5,000 words

Keywords:digestive system, digestive enzyme, digestive hormone, nutrients, biology, study guide, tutorial

Produced in the United States of America

The printed version of this eBook is also available in PDF format in 28 pages.

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Preface

Digestive System is a part of the college-level Principles of Biology course series textbooks.  It is a tutorial written in questions and answers format to describe the anatomy and physiology of the digestive system, including the food intake, energy balance, chemical and physical digestion, food groups, essential nutrients, excretion and evolution of the digestive system.

It is a study guide with in-depth explanations.  Each section is a modular unit that is self-contained for easy reading. The principles and concepts are introduced systematically so students can learn and retain the materials intuitively.

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Textbooks by Nicoladie Tam, Ph.D., in the Principles of Biology course series:

Principles of Biology textbook in one volume:

Principles of Biology: Animal Systems

ISBN 9781301691739

Individual chapters of the Principles of Biology textbook