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Digestion and absorption. Yummy! The length of the the small intestine allows for more absorption time and its epithelium has specialized villi and on the villi has microvilli adding to its absorption ability. Although digestion does begin in the oral cavity turning the food we eat into a bolus, and the stomach does it's job by turning the bolus into chyme, most of the digestion and absorption takes place in the small intestine. The stomach will squeeze out chyme, in small quantities at a time, into the first part of the small intestine: the duodenum, which is where most of the digestion will take place thanks to more secretions by the gallbladder and pancreas. Then it gets moved along into the jejunum of the small intestine; more absorption along the way, and finally the to the last part of the small intestine, the ileum. At this point everything will have been digested and most of the nutrients will have been absorbed, and now off to the large intestine for its next journey out into the world...life is good!
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What does small intestine do in digestion?
The small intestine is where the vast majority of digestion and absorption of food takes place.
Where does the majority of all digestion take place?
The digestion is completed in the small intestine.
Does the small intestine have mechanical or chemical digestion?
Yes, in part. Chemical digestion occurs in the mouth (saliva), stomach (gastric acid) and small intestine. The nutrients are mostly absorbed in the walls (lining) of the small intestine.
What is the primary region of enzymatic digestion?
The Small Intestine.
Most chemical digestion occurs in which intestine?
Majority of digestion occurs in the small intestine.
Where digestion completed?
The digestion finishes at the Small intestine.
What type of digestion action does the small intestine have?
The small intestine is a water recovery system. Earlier stages of digestion use a lot of water, and then the water is reabsorbed in the small intestine.
Where does final digestion of carbohydrates occurs?
small intestine
What is the organ of digestion?
small intestine
Where does most digestion take place in the human body?
Most of the physical digestion takes place in the stomach, but the completion and absorption is done in the small intestine.
Where does most chemical digestion take place and nutrients are absorbed into the blood?
chemical digestion takes place in the small intestine large intestine,mouth and stomach. Nutrients are absorbed in the small intestine and minerals in the large intestine.
What does tlhe small intestine do?
90% of the digestion and absorption of food occurs in the small intestine.
