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2006-08-04 08:00:09 · 33 answers · asked by Ralph L 2 in Health General Health Care Other - General Health Care

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Methane gas from decomposing material in the intestinal tract, and you breathe out carbon dioxide.

2006-08-04 08:02:21 · answer #1 · answered by Blunt Honesty 7 · 0 0

Like most gas on earth, it's mostly Nitrogen. This is from Wikipedia:

Composition of flatus gases:

"Nitrogen is the primary gas released. Methane and hydrogen, lesser components, are flammable, and so flatulence is susceptible to catching fire. Not all humans produce flatus that contains methane. For example, in one study of the feces of nine adults, only five of the samples contained bacteria capable of producing methane. Similar results are found in samples of gas obtained from within the rectum. The gas released during a flatus event frequently has a foul odor which mainly results from low molecular weight fatty acids such as butyric acid (rancid butter smell) and reduced sulfur compounds such as hydrogen sulfide (rotten egg smell) and carbonyl sulfide that are the result of protein breakdown. The incidence of odoriferous compounds in flatus increases from herbivores, such as cattle, to omnivores to carnivorous species, such as cats. Flatulence odor can also occur when there is a number of bacteria and/or feces in the anus while being expelled. A small amount of solid or liquid fecal matter in fine particulate aerosol form may also be expelled, and included, along with flatulence."

2006-08-04 08:05:00 · answer #2 · answered by ivirstepp 1 · 0 0

there are many gases in the body at any given time. there exists at the cell level a net exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide across the semi-permeable membrane known as alvioli in the lungs. nitrogen and trace amounts of atmospheric gases such as argon, krypton, and helium are saturated throughout the body and remain inert under normal circumstances. decomposing food in the intestinal track also produces hydrogen sulfide. i'm sure there are others, perhaps a pathologist or a gastroligist could shed some light.

2006-08-04 08:20:36 · answer #3 · answered by pacman 5 · 0 0

P.U.! What's that smell? How can your body make something so stinky?

Farts - also called flatus (say: flay-tus) or intestinal (say: in-tes-tuh-null) gas - are made of, well, gas!

When you eat, you don't swallow just your food. You also swallow air, which contains gases like nitrogen (say: ny-truh-jen) and oxygen (say: ahk-sih-jen). Small amounts of these gases travel through your digestive system as you digest your food. Other gases like hydrogen (say: hy-droh-jen), carbon dioxide (say: kar-bon dy-ahk-side, the gas that makes soda fizzy), and methane (say: meth-ain) are made when food is broken down in the large intestine. All of these gases in the digestive system have to escape somehow, so they come out as farts!

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2006-08-04 08:05:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Exactly that!
GAS!
There are 3 possibilities; Liquid, solid, and air (gas).
Gas, very simply put, is the result of a chemical reaction.

2006-08-04 08:05:10 · answer #5 · answered by Dahs 3 · 0 0

Methane

2006-08-05 16:51:22 · answer #6 · answered by LikeIDied 2 · 0 0

Some foods, like veggies, create gas. When the good bacteria in your digestive tract get depleted, like acidophilus, you get gas. Take acidophilus pills, the name is strange but this is true.

2006-08-04 08:05:39 · answer #7 · answered by helixburger 6 · 0 0

It's actually the by product, or waste shall we say, of the natural bacteria living within your body. These bacteria break down your food, and then they must release their waste. Bacteria Poo.

2006-08-04 08:05:14 · answer #8 · answered by Olive Green Eyes 5 · 0 0

gas

2006-08-04 08:03:15 · answer #9 · answered by Bryn H 2 · 0 0

did u never passed the GAS

2006-08-04 08:02:58 · answer #10 · answered by john_0502000 3 · 0 0

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