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breaks down complex sugars into simple suagrs, breaks down proteins into amino acids, and emulsify fats.
Small intestines contain small hair-like projections called villi. These apparatuses syphon glucose and vitamins out of the food slurry and into your body systems. Without a small intestine you would die from lack of nutrition.
to carry out food
The small intestine takes nutrients out of food. It is part of the digestive system.
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Why is the small intestines referred to as the small intestines?
Because they are smaller then the big intestines. So they are referred to as the small intestine.
Why are small intestines longer than large intestines?
The intestines are a tissue from your body.
What is the difference between the esophagus and the small intestines?
what is the difference between the esophagus and the small intestines
What do the stomach small intestines large intestines do?
your stomach and small intestines break food down and anything that gets to your large intestines exits your body through the anus
From the stomach the food moves to the large intestine?
From the stomach, the food moves into the small intestines. After the small intestines the food moves into the large intestines.
How many intestines do you have-?
2 intestines the small intestine the large intestine
Why food goes in parts from stomach to small intestines?
The small intestines is an organ that takes in the nutrition from the food from the stomach, if all the food flows into the small intestines they would burst and you could suffer massive pains.
How long are the small intestines and large intestines put together?
your small intestine is small in diameter,but in measures 4 m to 7 m in length
What is the difference between small intestines of carnivores and small intestines of herbivore?
It is very long n herbivores as compared to carnivores .
What is the function of my small intestines?
Your small intestines absorb the food and nutrients as well as the water you take in. You can not survive without most of it.
Does cheese go to the lagre intestines?
Cheese is mainly composed of lipids and proteins. Proteins are digested in the stomach and small intestines and absorbed in the small intestines. Lipids are emulsified by bile in the duodenum and absorbed later in the small intestines. The only thing in cheese that makes it to the large intestines is the moisture, but most cheeses do not have a large water content.
Does eating to much causes damage to the large intestines?
it can cause the small intestines to stretch but i dont know about the large intestines
