Word: stomach
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...through the walls of the intestine into the bloodstream, each fat molecule must be split into its constituent parts: three fatty acids and the glycerol backbone to which they are attached. That is the job of two fat-cleaving enzymes, called lipases; one of them is found in the stomach and the other in the small intestine. Once the fat pieces make it through the intestine walls, they are reassembled and transported by the bloodstream to cells. Then they are burned for energy or stored for future use in the usual unsightly places...
...every one of the group's Top 40 hits, along with 40 previously unreleased tracks and assorted radio spots. The collection offers evidence of Brian's emotional delicacy and creative resiliency, from the unreleased H.E.L.P. Is on the Way, with its self-mocking references to being overweight ("doughy lumps, stomach pumps, enemas too"), to the soup-deep sorrow of 'Til I Die. It also gives fair play to Carl Wilson's gifts as a writer and lead guitarist, and to the freewheeling lyricism of a third brother, the late Dennis Wilson...
...prevent SIDS, health authorities in Europe, New Zealand and Australia are taking another tack. Citing studies that show dramatic reductions in the incidence of crib death, clinicians are telling parents that they should place healthy, full-term babies to sleep on their back instead of their stomach...
...does in an adult," says British pediatrician Peter Fleming, who has studied sleeping position for more than a decade. "It pushes the jaw slightly backward, and with a huge tongue and small airways, that may actually contribute to airway obstruction." Babies also sleep more deeply on their stomach than on their back and take longer to awaken -- perhaps fatally longer -- if something goes wrong physiologically. Other theories suggest that babies who sleep on their stomach become more easily overheated, which weakens their respiratory drive, or that they may rebreathe the oxygen-depleted air they've exhaled...
Greenspan said he had some disturbing encounters. "As Powell's honorary degree was being awarded, I shouted 'Lift the ban, Colin. A couple of marshals... started hitting me in the stomach with an umbrella," he said...