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What produces juice that travels to the small intestine and digests proteins starches and fats?
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the pancreas
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What type of foods are digested by the small intestine?
Proteins are digested in your stomach. Pepsinogen is secreted by the chief cells. Pepsinogen is converted to pepsin by hydrochloric acid. This pepsin brakes the peptide bond of proteins to form polypeptides.
What does smooth ER in a plant cell do?
The smooth endoplasmic reticulum in a plant cell transports materials. It has enzymes and produces/digests lipids (fats) and membrane proteins. It pieces off from the rough endoplasmic reticulum, transporting the newly-made proteins and lipids to the Golgi body and membranes.
Main junction of pancreas in digestion?
The common bile duct and the pancreatic duct join and enter the duodenum (first section of the small intestine) at the major duodenal papilla.AnswerThe main function of the pancreas in digestion is to produce and release enzymes necessary to break down the nutrients that enter the duodenum. They are NaH2CO3 which neutralizes, Lipase which digests lipids, Amalayze which digests carbohydrates, Peptidase which digest proteins.
What is primarily being digested in the stomach?
The digestive acid is squirted in the stomach which is churned at the same time to break down and absorb the newly made nutrition for the body!
What organ kills bacteria?
The organ that kills bacteria is the stomach. The stomach produces acids that kill the bacteria as it digests food.
What happens to starches in the small intestine and how are these changes brought about?
The starches, or carbohydrates, that you eat do not get digested in the stomach, it only digests proteins. Your pancreas secretes digestive juices that digest all three forms of food; proteins, carbohydrates, and fats. The specific enzyme that aids in the digestion on starches is pancreatic lipase which it delivers to the first part of the small intestine called the duodenum.
What organ digests proteins?
Stomach and small intestine Protein digestion starts in the stomach, then the small intestine completely digests it.
What does a frogs small and large intestines do?
SMALL INTESTINE-The small intestine is an organ towards the end of the digestive tract that digests food into nutrients into the bloodstream through vili. The small intestine digests the proteins, minerals, sugars, and vitamins the human body needs. SMALL INTESTINE-The small intestine is an organ towards the end of the digestive tract that digests food into nutrients into the bloodstream through vili. The small intestine digests the proteins, minerals, sugars, and vitamins the human body needs.
Structure that digests food?
It's not the structure itself, but rather the enzymes and other chemicals secreted in these structures that digests food. These areas are:mouth (carbohydrates)stomach (proteins)small intestine (everything except proteins)
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.
What the stomach does in the digestion system?
The stomach digests the proteins in a meal. When it is finished digesting those proteins, the food leaves the stomach to be digested more and absorbed in the small intestine.
Which enzyme digests starches?
Amylase is the enzyme that digests starch.
What organ digests?
Stomach and small intestine Protein digestion starts in the stomach, then the small intestine completely digests it.
Digestion of proteins?
Pepsin digest protein in the acidic environment of the stomach, Pancreatic Protease digests protein in the basic environment of the small intestine.
What are three nutrients broken down during human digestion?
Fats, proteins and starches are broken down.Starch is broken down by amalyase in the mouth and duodenumProteins are converted to polypeptides by pepsinLipase hydolises fats to glycerol and fatty acidsTrypsin digests proteins to peptideschymotrypsin digests proteins to peptidesPeptidase hydolises polypeptides to peptides and amino acidsnucleotidases hydrolise nucleic acidsnucleaase digests DNA and RNAsucrase breaks down sucrosemaltase breaks down maltoselactase breaks down lactose
What does the small intestine do and the large intestine do?
the small intestine absorbs and digests food. the big intestine takes out waste from your body.
What type of foods are digested by the small intestine?
Proteins are digested in your stomach. Pepsinogen is secreted by the chief cells. Pepsinogen is converted to pepsin by hydrochloric acid. This pepsin brakes the peptide bond of proteins to form polypeptides.
