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Do enzymes in the small intestine need an acidic environment in order to work?
No, the small intestine do not need an acidic environment in order to work. Acid works in stomach to partially digest the food. In the small intestines, fats are digested using bile from the gallbladder which is not acidic.
Digestion of proteins?
Pepsin digest protein in the acidic environment of the stomach, Pancreatic Protease digests protein in the basic environment of the small intestine.
What happen to the pepsin that enters to the small intestine?
Pepsin becomes inactive when it reaches the small intestine where the pH is between 7 and 9. It functions best when in an acidic environment like the stomach.
Why arn't lipase and amylase secreted into the stomach with pepsin?
Lipase and amylase require an alkaline environment such as what is found in the duodenum of the small intestine. Pepsin functions in the acidic environment of the stomach.
What intestine absorbs water into bloodstream?
Colon and Large Intestine =)
Why is the large intestine called the large intestine when it is shorter than the small intestine?
The diameter of the large intestine is greater than that of the small intestine.
How much thicker is the big intestine than the little intestine?
what does the little intestine do. how does the little intestine work.
Would trypsin work well in the stomach?
No. The stomach is highly acidic (~2pH) while trypsin works well in the neutral/basic environment of the small intestine.
Why is there food acid in the stomach and alkaline in the small intestine?
The acidic environment of the stomach helps break down foodstuffs that was ingested and also kills potential bacteria. The alkaline environment of the intestines facilitates the absorption of nutrients.
What is on top of your small intestine?
The large intestine is on top of your small intestine.
Which is longer the smaller intestine or the large intestine?
The small intestine is considerably longer than the large intestine, but the large intestine is wider in diameter, from which it derives its name. Yes. It is smaller in diameter than the large intestine but much longer. The small intestine is longer than the large intestine but it is called small intestine because its diameter is smaller than that of the large intestine.
Most intestinal absorption occurs in the?
small intestine, and water absorption occurs in the colon/large intestine
