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Nutrients from the digestive tract enter from what veins?

Hepatic portal system (vein)


What nutrients are absorbed from the digestive tract directly into the blood?

Nutrients such as carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, and minerals are absorbed from the digestive tract directly into the blood.


What are the nutrients that moves through the digestive tract?

Fiber is the nutrient that helps move food through the digestive tract. It provides bulk, which activates the stretch receptors in the muscles of the digestive tract, stimulating them to activity.


What has digestives enzymes?

Animals have digestive enzymes. The enzymes of the digestive tract break down the nutrients in food. The supplement C-Q10 adds to the enzymes that are naturally found in the digestive tract.


The enzymes which enter the digestive tract through the duodenum are produced in the what?

pancreas


The layer of the digestive tract that is composed of stratified and columnar epithelium?

The layer of the digestive tract that is composed of stratified and columnar epithelium is called the mucosa. This layer is responsible for absorbing nutrients from digested food and protecting the digestive tract from harmful substances.


Which of these is part of the digestive tract or gut?

The small intestine is part of the digestive tract or gut. It is where most of the digestion and absorption of nutrients from food occurs.


What have most chemical digestion and absorption?

The small intestine is the site of most chemical digestion and absorption in the digestive tract. During absorption, nutrients enter the bloodstream, and the circulatory system can then transport these nutrients to all body cells.


Where do nutrients from the digestive system go?

Nutrients from the digestive system enter the circulatory system. From there, they are transported to all body cells.


Which process propels the food through the digestive tract?

Peristalsis is the process that propels food through the digestive tract. It involves rhythmic contractions of the muscles in the gastrointestinal tract that push food and nutrients along the digestive system.


What function does the digestive tract performance?

break down food into nutrients the body can use


What organ doesn't absorb nutrients?

The mouth is one of the organs of the digestive tract that doesn't absorb nutrients. Another is the esophagus.