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The digestion and the absorption of nutrients. You can live without a large intenstine, but not without a small intestine!
The small intestine is responsible for most of your food digestion and all of your food absorption. The duodenum is the first section and is about a foot long. It digests all types of food (carbohydrates, proteins, and fats) with the help of pancreatic juices. The duodenum, along with the jejunem and the ileum, absorb the nutrients from the digested food and transfer them into the blood stream. You can live without your stomach, but you cannot live without your small intestines.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe small intestine is responsible for most of your food digestion and all of your food absorption. The duodenum is the first section and is about a foot long. It digests all types of food (carbohydrates, proteins, and fats) with the help of pancreatic juices. The duodenum, along with the jejunem and the ileum, absorb the nutrients from the digested food and transfer them into the blood stream. You can live without your stomach, but you cannot live without your small intestines.
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Where does absorption of protein take place?
Within the Gastrointestinal tract of the human body
How many intestines do you have-?
2 intestines the small intestine the large intestine
Where is foods absorbed in the human body?
small intestine
What intestine tube is about 10-13 feet long folded inside of the human body?
The small intestine.
Where in the human body is most food digested?
In the small intestine
What is the length of small intestine in the human body?
Small intestine is located in your abdomen.
Which is the large digestive gland perm in the human body?
small intestine
Which organ does the most of the processing of nutrients in the human body?
the small intestine
Where is lactase stored in the human body?
It is predominantly present in the small intestine.
Where is the maltase enzyme located in the human body?
in the Ileum of the small intestine
Which organ does most of the processing of nutrients in the human body?
the small intestine
The duodenum is the part which part of the human body?
Yes. After the stomach here comes the duodenum. It is a part of small intestine.
