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The intestines are responsible for digestion but little absorption occurs there?
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The small intestine is responsible for digestion of proteins, fats and carbohydrates. It also absorbs most nutrients.
However, the large intestine is less active in it's processes. The large intestine only digests fiber and only absorbs water.
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Although the stomach is responsible for digestion very little occurs in it?
Absorption
What occurs in the stomach although it is responsible for very little digestion?
Although the stomach is responsible for digestion, very little absorption happens in it. Instead, the stomach is more like a washing machine; it agitates foodstuffs. It stirs up ground up food (mechanical digestion from teeth / gums occurs in the mouth), with stomach acids in the stomach and bile salts from the gallbladder assisting in chemical digestion.
Which property of chalk is responsible for absorption of water in it?
It is very porous, meaning it has lots of very little holes in it. So the water gets in.
Where in the body are there bacteria that the immune system does not attack?
In the Stomach, or Intestines (Look a little deeper), there is some bacteria that helps with digestion, because they speed up the process. The Immune System recognizes this, and basically leaves them to do their job.
Why does hydrogen in exaled breath indicate lactose intolerance?
Hydrogen is absorbed from the intestines and carried by the bloodstream into the lungs where it is exhaled. Normally there is very little hydrogen detectable in the breath, so its presence indicates faulty digestion of lactose.
What color is the large intestines?
pinkish and little red
What are two functions performed by the digestion system?
the break down of food into little pieces and then the digestion of them
If a person remove small intestine how would this affect digestion?
Without the small intestines, there would be malabsoption problems. The person would get little nutrients or vitamins. The person would need to take vitamin pills and other minerals to sustain life.
What are chupa-chupas?
little worms that eat ur intestines no joke!
What happens in your gallbladder?
The gall bladder is a little sack on the bottom of the liver. The liver produces bile, an enzyme used in digestion, then pumps the excess bile into the gall bladder to be stored. When the bile is needed in the intestines the bile is pumped out of the gall bladder through the common bile duct.
What is the little pouch called where the small intestines joins with the large intestine?
The small intestines joins the large intestines at the cecum. The cecum isn't really a pouch, but the appendix, which is a pouch, is also attached to the cecum.
What is a complex carbohydrate that provides little energy but is importsnt for digestion?
Fiber
