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Does the small intestine absorb water and alcohol and initiate protein breakdown?
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The breakdown of protein initiates in stomach by the action of the stomach acid.
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What in the large intestine helps with the breakdown of waste?
There is enzyme called caltimeg in the large intestine that breaks down fats and protein.
Is protein absorbed by the large intestine?
No, protein breakdown stats in the stomach and ends in the small intestine. The large intestine takes up the last of the water and produces waste from what is left that the body cannot use.
Which is the protein present in sub lingual and sub maxillary secretion?
The two glands secrete enzymes, which help initiate the chemical breakdown of food.Enzymes are proteins.
Which organ of body responsible for proteins digestion only?
Protein digesting enzymes (protease) are found throughout the digestive system. In the stomach, pepsin begins the breakdown of ptrotein into amino acids. The process continues in the small intestine, where protease is secreted by the intestine and the pancreas.
Restriction in protein intake will result in?
Protein degradation and muscle breakdown.
Is urea a carbohydrate?
no, urea is a breakdown of protein
What does the breakdown of protein and starch produce?
Sugars.
Does Pepsi cola help breakdown protein?
no
What is a Zinc binding protein of intestine?
Metallothionein.
How is protein digested in the alimentary canal?
Protein is firstly broken in the stomach through Chloridric acid. In the small intestine, the protein is absorbed into the blood stream through the inner wall of the small intestine.
How is protein digested by the mouth?
When you chew, you activate the salivary glands which breakdown protein in the food.
Which biomolecule breakdown causes the formation of urea?
protein
