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Why are digestive enzymes secreted into small intestine rather than in stomach?
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∙ 9y ago
because stomach has very high acid... so it will just denature the proteins.
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∙ 12y ago
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Does digestive enzymes will still function in the small intestin?
The small intestine is the site of work of some digestive enzymes that are secreted there. It is not an ideal site for the continued work of enzymes from the stomach, as the pH is not hospitable for the work of those gastric enzymes.
DOES The small intestine produce digestive enzymes?
Digestive enzymes are made in the pancreas, not the small intestine. The majority of enzymes are made in the pancreas and the small intestine. These include the carbohydrases, lipases and proteases which break down all the major molecules. Enzymes are also secreted in the mouth and stomach, altough fewer than in the pancreas / intestine.
Where does digestive enzymes work?
Digestive enzymes work in the mouth, stomach and small intestine. Enzymes break down food so that it can be absorbed by the body.
The largest variety of digestive enzymes function where?
I think it is small intestine
What secretes digestive enzymes into small intestine or stomach and also makes insulin?
the pancreas
How do anticholingergics work?
The anticholingergics decrease both the movements of the stomach and intestine, and also the secretions of stomach acid and digestive enzymes.
List the enzymes secreted by mouth salivary glands stomach and the small intestine and what involved with digesting?
an adult usally has to have 2.5 millmerters of salt
Source of digestive enzymes that break down food?
There is more than one source of digestive enzymes that break down food. These include the salivary glands, stomach, pancreas and the small intestine.
What parts of the body produce enzymes?
The stomach contains enzymes that break down protein.
What enzymes perform major proteolytic activities in the digestive tract?
pepsin/pepsinogen in the stomach chymotrypsin/trypsin in the small intestine
Trace the pathway of exporting protiens from the cell?
Examples of secretory proteins are collagen, insulin, and digestive enzymes of the stomach and intestine.
Why are protein digestive enzymes produced and released in an inactive form?
In the case of protein digesting enzymes, known as endopeptidases, such as those secreted in the stomach (pespin), it is obvious. If they were secreted active they would digest the glands which secrete the enzymes themselves (gastric glands). Instead they must be secreted in an inactive form, which once in the stomach and exposed to HCl acid and other pepsin enzymes the pepsinogen activates and begins digesting protein.
