{"id":1947,"date":"2016-12-29T17:42:16","date_gmt":"2016-12-29T09:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pathweb.stf.nus.edu.sg\/?page_id=1947"},"modified":"2025-05-19T13:10:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T05:10:30","slug":"gastrointestinal-tract","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/pathology-demystified\/gastrointestinal-tract\/","title":{"rendered":"Gastrointestinal Tract"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>\n\t\tgastrointestinal tract\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>The GIT is basically a long hollow tube that serves to propel food and do things to it, in order that we can absorb as many nutrients from it as we can, before disposing of what&#8217;s left. As with previous chapters, this chapter aims to help to organise the information into the BIG PICTURE.<\/p>\n<p>We have also prepared a REAL LIFE CASE for you to see how the pathologist handles a specimen of the colon received in the lab, in order to provide an accurate DIAGNOSIS. <\/p>\n<p>Click on the &#8220;A Real Life Case&#8221; button to visit the pathology lab!<\/p>\n<p>Want to hear a patient&#8217;s rare perspective? Click <a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/a-rare-glimpse-a-patients-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>HERE<\/b><\/a> to hear &#8220;Dan&#8217;s story&#8221;!<\/p>\n<p>Here is the outline of what&#8217;s to come:<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/pathology-demystified\/gastrointestinal-tract\/git-i-function\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tI. Function\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/pathology-demystified\/gastrointestinal-tract\/git-ii-clinicopathologic-correlates\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tII. Clinicopathologic Correlates\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/pathology-demystified\/gastrointestinal-tract\/git-iii-classification-of-diseases\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIII. Classification of Diseases\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/pathology-demystified\/gastrointestinal-tract\/git-iv-git-tumours-crash-course\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIV. GIT Tumours: Crash Course\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/pathology-demystified\/gastrointestinal-tract\/git-v-talking-pots-and-slides\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tV. GIT: Talking Pots and Slides\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/pathology-demystified\/gastrointestinal-tract\/git-quiz\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVI. GIT: Quizzes\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/pathology-demystified\/pathology-in-action-real-life-cases\/pathology-in-action-a-colon-tumour\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA Real Life Case: A Colon Tumour\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/pathology-demystified\/gastrointestinal-tract\/git-one-page-summary-study-notes\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGIT: Study Notes and One Page Summary\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/pathology-demystified\/gastrointestinal-tract\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGastrointestinal Tract Chapter Home\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/pathology-demystified\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPathology Demystified\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>gastrointestinal tract The GIT is basically a long hollow tube that serves to propel food and do things to it, in order that we can absorb as many nutrients from it as we can, before disposing of what&#8217;s left. 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