heart pumps more blood per heartbeat, resting heart rate slows, blood volume increases, body can cool itself better, resting blood pressure decrease, metabolism in skeletal muscle enhanced (improved fuel use), increased antioxidant chemicals in body and lowers oxidative stress. muscular strength helps:
This is what I found out by googling.Sigmoid means S shaped. Tortuous means it's more curvy than usual, but rarely has particular significance. A tortuous sigmoid simply means that there are a lot of twists and turns. By itself, this is an anatomical variant and not linked to a specific diseaseHope this helps a bit.
People with a redundant colon are at increased risk for colonic volvulus, a condition that causes the colon to twist around itself. This slows or completely stops the flow of stool, leading to a colonic obstruction, and is often a surgical emergency. Redundant sigmoid colon could lead to sigmoid volvulus. Sigmoid colon is the part of the colon closest to the rectum. Symptoms of sigmoid volvulus include: 1  failing to pass a bowel movement in some time.