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Where would you find lipase in your body?
Lipase is produced in the pancreas, then excreted into the duodenum via the pancreatic duct. Once in the small intestine, it can proceed to break down fats.
What digestive enzyme does the small intestine produce?
The small intestine produces no digestive fluids. Its upper part (duodenum) is where the pancreatic enzymes (pancreas) and bile (liver, via gall bladder) are added to digesting food. In the lower part of the small intestine (jejunum) is where most food absorption takes place.
What ducts that transport emzymes from the pancreas to the duodenum?
The pancreas sends digestive enzymes such as trypsin, chymotrypsin, elastase, carboxypeptidase, pancreatic lipase and pancreatic amylase to the small intestine via the pancreatic duct. Note that it is also an organ of the endocrine system. This means that in addition to releasing enzymes to the digestive tract, it also secretes hormones (insulin, glucagon, somatostatin) directly into the bloodstream.
What is the funcution of a small intestine?
The primary function of the small intestine is the absorption of nutrients and minerals found in food. Most of the digestive enzymes that act in the small intestine are secreted by the pancreas and enter the small intestine via the pancreatic duct.these enzymes break down food particles and digested food passes into the blood vessels in the wall of the intestine. The absorbed substances are transported via the blood vessels to different organs of the body where they are used to build complex substances such as the proteins required by our body. The food that remains undigested and unabsorbed passes into the large intestine.
Where does the substrate for amylase come from?
A substrate is any substance which is worked upon by an enzyme. Amylase is an enzyme which works on carbohydrates (starches) - these are the substrates; there are two sources: * Salivary amylase is present in saliva; it begins the work of digesting carbohydrates in the mouth by breaking them down into short polysaccharide chains and the disaccharide maltose. You can test this out for yourself by eating a very bland-tasting cracker: keep it in your mouth for as long as possible, chewing & mixing it with your saliva, and eventually it will begin to taste sweet - the starch has been broken down into sugars. * Pancreatic amylase is produced by the pancreas & arrives in the small intestine via the pancreatic duct; it splits polysaccharides into disaccharides and short glucose units (dextrins).
How do the intestines work?
The small intestine is where most chemical digestion takes place. Most of the digestive enzymes that act in the small intestine are secreted by the pancreas and enter the small intestine via the pancreatic duct. The enzymes enter the small intestine in response to the hormone cholecystokinin, which is produced in the small intestine in response to the presence of nutrients. The hormone secretin also causes bicarbonate to be released into the small intestine from the pancreas in order to neutralize the potentially harmful acid coming from the stomach.
Where does most of the breakdown of your food take place?
Digestion takes place mainly in the small intestine by pancreatic enzymes eg trypsin or pancreatic lipase. but also a small amount takes place in the stomach by stomach enzymes eg pepsin or gastric lipase. of the lipase's pancreatic lipase is far more important in digestion of fats that gastric lipase. note that small amounts of starch digestion also takes place in the mouth due to the actions of amylase which is found in saliva. This action is short lived as the amylase action is abolished by the low pH of the stomach. No digestion takes place in the large intestine (aka the colon) as this is mainly for absorption of water and electrolytes.
What quadrant does the small intestine and large intestine meet in?
The small intestine and large intestine meet via the ileocaecal valve in the right lower quadrant , ie the right ileac fossa.
Whta does the small intestine do?
Digest proteins, carbohydrates and lipids into soluble food substances that are mostly absorbed in the small intestine via the microvilli into the bloodstream. Digestive juices include intestinal juice, pancreatic juice and bile (liquid that emulsifies lipids into tiny fat droplets for increased SA:V to increase digestion rates) Hope I helped.
Which organ help digest carbohydrate?
Digestion of carbohydrates begins in the mouth via the teeth and the enzyme beta amylase. It continues in the stomach, but most occurs in the small intestine, where secretion of enzymes by the gall bladder and pancreas complete it.
What are the functions of pancreatic juice?
Pancreatic juice contains enzymes that (1) complete the digestion of starch(pancreatic amylase); (2) carry out about half of protein digestion(via the action of trypsin, chymotrypsin, carboxypeptidase); (3) are totally responsible for fat digestion because the pancreas is essentially the only source of lipases; and (4) digest nucleic acids(nucleases).
Once in the small intestine what happens to the digested food?
Many nutrients are absorbed from the food in the small intestine. The lining is covered with tiny protuberances called villi (plural of villus) that increase its effective surface area.
