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Proteins are digested in the stomach. Pepsin is the enzyme, which is responsible for breaking the peptide bond of the proteins.
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What is organ system that breaks down food and obsorbs nutrients?
None. The stomach and liver break down the food, and the guts absorb the nutrients.
How does food get broken down in your stomach?
Your body needs nutrients so the stomach breaks down the food. Then in the small intestine, the nutrients and waste are separated. The nutrients helps the body and the waste come out the other end.
What breaks down nutrients in a cell?
no cells do not break down nutrients. digestive enzymes do and depending on where or what in the body you want to break down depends on what kind. for example in the mouth there is amylase enzyme which breaks down starch or pepsin in the stomach which breaks down protein. trypsin and erepsin also break down protein but in the small intestine. hope this is ok
What are the job of the stomach?
Hai =333 The jobs are to break down food and absorb nutrients......... Bai =333
What produces substances that stop stomach acid action and enzymes that break down organic nutrients?
The pancreas
What is the significant role of the stomach?
to break down food and make the small and large intestine able to digest the nutrients
What is in the Venus Flytrap's stomach?
The Venus flytrap is a plant and does not have a stomach. It uses strong juices to break down its prey and absorbs the nutrients through the inside of the traps.
Function of stomach small intestine large intestine?
they break down food and absorb the nutrients so our body can use it.
Does the stomach produce saliva?
Only the mouth produces saliva. The stomach organ produces gastric juices to break down foods. Saliva breaks down starch , when food reaches the stomach ,starch will be mostly broken down , thus the need of a new substance to break other nutrients is needed , eg: pepsin.
What is digestgion?
The chemical break down of food in your body to extract nutrients key to survival. Saliva, stomach and intestines do most of the digesting
What breaks food down after it reaches the stomach?
Enzymes break down large food molecules into more useful nutrients. In the stomach, this is carried out by the enzyme pepsin. This is a protease, so it will digest proteins into amino acids.
What best describes the function of the digestive system?
To break down food into nutrients.
