What organ produce digestive enzymes?

Answer 1

Enzymes are secreted by several organs of the digestive system: the salivary glands, the stomach, the pancreas, and the small intestine.

The digestive system is made up of the digestive tract-a series of hollow organs joined in a long, twisting tube from the mouth to the anus-and other organs that help the body break down and absorb food (see figure).

Organs that make up the digestive tract are the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine-also called the colon-rectum, and anus. Inside these hollow organs is a lining called the mucosa. In the mouth, stomach, and small intestine, the mucosa contains tiny glands that produce juices to help digest food. The digestive tract also contains a layer of smooth muscle that helps break down food and move it along the tract.

Two "solid" digestive organs, the liver and the pancreas, produce digestive juices that reach the intestine through small tubes called ducts. The gallbladder stores the liver's digestive juices until they are needed in the intestine. Parts of the nervous and circulatory systems also play major roles in the digestive system.

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Answer 2

MouthThe mouth, the first organ of the digestive system, functions to take in food. The mouth also contains salivary glands which function to secrete saliva--fluid containing water, electrolytes, enzymes and mucus--according to Colorado State University. As the first digestive juice secreted, saliva works to break down starches, also known as complex carbohydrates, into simple sugars. StomachFrom the mouth the food moves through the esophagus and into the stomach. The lining of the stomach secretes digestive juices which include stomach acid and enzymes. These enzymes work to break down proteins into amino acids, according to the National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse. PancreasThe pancreas is a small organ located next to the small intestine in the upper portion of the abdomen. As the partially digested food leaves the stomach and enters the small intestine, digestive juices secreted by the pancreas mix with it. The digestive juice produced in the pancreas contains enzymes that aid in further digesting proteins, carbohydrates and fats, as described by the University of Montana.

Liver

The liver, the largest organ in the body according to New York State University, occupies the area under the diaphragm. Divided into four lobes, the liver performs several functions. In addition to storing carbohydrates and removing toxins from the blood, it secretes bile, a yellowish fluid that aids in the digestion of fat. Once produced by liver cells, the bile travels through the bile ducts to be stored in the gallbladder until needed.

Fats, or lipids, do not dissolve in water. Bile contains salts that help to emulsify, or mix, the fats with liquid in the digestive system. This allows the pancreatic lipase, the enzyme produced in the pancreas, to digest the fats further so they can be absorbed into the bloodstream.

GallbladderThe gallbladder, often written as gall bladder, is a small, pear-shaped organ located behind the liver. The gallbladder acts as a storage tank that stores the bile produced by the liver. When food enters the small intestine, the gallbladder secretes bile through the bile ducts into the duodenum---the upper portion of the small intestine.

Answer 3

The pancreas produces digestive enzymes that help break down carbohydrates, proteins, and fats in the small intestine. These enzymes play a key role in the digestion and absorption of nutrients from food.