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In your body what comes after the small intestine?
After the small intestine, the digested food enters the large intestine, also known as the colon. The main function of the large intestine is to absorb water and salts from the material that has not been digested as food, and to help the body eliminate solid waste.
Which part does the body absorb broken down food particles?
Food ingested enters oesophagus, from here it enters stomach (temporary storage site of food), from here food is slowly propelled forward toward small intestine and then to large intestine. It is in the intestines where the villi absorb all main nutrients and at the end of large intestine is anus where all waste materials are stored before being excreted.
Do octopus have intestines?
Yes, octopuses do have intestines. Their digestive system includes a stomach, a digestive gland, and an intestine that helps process food after it is broken down. The intestine leads to the rectum, where waste is expelled. This unique digestive system allows them to efficiently absorb nutrients from their prey.
What absorbs excess water from chyme?
Chyme is formed into feces after the digestion process is completed in the large intestine, where with the help of bacteria, the remaining starches and proteins that were not broken down are handled. After most of the water and remaining nutrients are extracted, the chyme is now semi-solid feces.
What part of the body fatty acids absorbs?
Fatty acids are usually ingested as triglycerides, which cannot be absorbed by the intestine. They are broken down into free fatty acids and monoglycerides by pancreatic lipase, which forms a 1:1 complex with a protein called colipase, which is necessary for its activity.
When potato material is broken down in the small intestine what are the subunits?
When the material of a potato is broken down in the small intestine, it is eventually broken down into glucose. The subsets are starch, maltose, maltase, and finally glucose.
Fluid which breaks down fats in the small intestine?
Fats aren't broken down in the small intestine :/
How do the body absorb food?
The body absorbs food by the food molecules like starch or gluten are broken down so the can fit through the small gaps in the small intestine, therefore going into our blood steam.
What is the tube at the beginning of the small intestine where fats are broken down?
The tube at the beginning of the small intestine is the duodenum; this is only one section of the small intestine.
Is food broken down while in the small intestines?
Most digestion occurs within the small intestine. So yes, food is broken down while in the small intestine.
What is the Small intestines job in the Circulatory System?
The chewed broken food (chyme) comes from stomach in to small intestine ... Small intestine made of three parts Deodunum ,Jijunum and Illum. They are all responsible for absopion of nutrient from chewed food (chyme)
Why do villi help absorb things into the blood?
villi are the finger-like long projections of our small intestine. they absorb things into the blood for easy diffusion on materials i.e., to get energy from the food as the body cannot absorb them easily since food are complex. So they are broken down and diffused into the blood so that food burns in presence of oxygen to release energy.
