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Which organ send chemicals to small intestine to help digest food?
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The funtion of the small intestine is to asorb nutrients through millions of vilosties along the inestines wall and to push food forward by the move ment of the bowels
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What is a small spherical structures that hold chemicals that digest the cells food?
Lysosome
What organ is involved with the deamination of amino acids?
Through researching this question i have found out that the stomach absorbs proteins which are made up of amino acids. After the stomach amino acids are then absorbed by the duodenum ( a buffer for acids in the stomach in small intestine, called sodium bicarbonate).
What is the pH of stomach and small intestine?
Your stomach empties its contents into the small intestine. Here, digestive fluid containing bicarbonate ions surrounds the food.
What is the pH of your small intestine?
The pH of the small intestine is roughly pH 8. It is slightly alkaline, as this is the alkalinity which best suits digestive enzymes.
How does sodium hydrogen carbonate neutralize acids in the blood?
sodium hydrogen carbonate (base) in the small intestine neutralises the hydrochloric acid entering the small intestine.
Which organs send chemicals tothe small intestine to help digest food?
the stomach cus acids help break down the food and the mouth to because the saliva has chemicals that help too.
What is the oval organ that sends fluid into the small intestine to chemically digest and neutralize chyme?
pancreas
Which two organs send chemicals to the small intestine to help digest food?
The Liver and Pancreas
Which intestine do proteins carbohydrates and fat chemically digest?
neither Proteins, carbohydrates and fats are all digested in the small intestine. The liver, gallbladder, and pancreas secrete chemicals into the small intestine to digest these nutrients. The large intestine absorbs water from the food, leaving behind waste products.
What organ produces enzymes that break down fats proteins and carbohydrates?
The gallbladder, which is an accessory organ of the small intestines, makes bile which is secreted into the small intestine and emulsifies (breaks down) fats.
Does the small intestine digest bread?
Yes, the small intestine does digest the carbohydrates found in bread.
What organ contains villi?
The organ that contains the villi is the small intestine.
What organ absorbs bile and pancreatic juice in digestion?
Bile and pancreatic juice are secreted into the small intestine through ducts. These chemicals assist in digestive processes in the small intestine.
Does the small intestine digest fat?
Yes, the gallbladder and liver secrete bile into the small intestine to digest fats.
What three digestive organs all release chemicals into the small intestine to help digest food?
Stomach, pancreas, and gall bladder.
Do small intestine digest food?
No
What organ of the digestive system is considered the primary organ of absorption?
The digestive organ that is considered the primary organ of digestion is the small intestine but more specifically it is the duodenum of the small intestine. This is the region directly after the stomach and is approximately 25 cm long. The small intestine absorbs nutrients and large intestine absorbs water.
