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What substances makes the pancreatic juice alkaline?
Pancreatic juice contains enzymes that digest carbohydrates,fats, nucleic acids,and proteins.
Saliva and pancreatic juice contains what enzyme to digest starch?
Amalyse
What two substances are mixing together in the duodenum?
In the duodenum, chyme from the stomach mixes with bile from the liver and pancreatic juice from the pancreas. Bile aids in the emulsification of fats, while pancreatic juice contains enzymes that help digest carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. This mixture is crucial for the proper digestion and absorption of nutrients.
Which digestive juicies are secrelted by liver and pancreas?
The liver secretes bile, which aids in the emulsification and digestion of fats. The pancreas produces pancreatic juice, containing enzymes such as amylase, lipase, and proteases, which help digest carbohydrates, fats, and proteins, respectively. Both bile and pancreatic juice are released into the small intestine to facilitate digestion.
Is enterokinase a component of pancreatic juice?
No; insulin is not considered part of pancreatic juice. Pancreatic juice is one of the two types of secretions that come from the pancreas. The juice is mostly water, but also contains important substances such as bicarbonate (a buffer used to decrease acidity), salt, and pancreatic enzymes (to digest food). A hormone called secretin stimulates the secretion of pancreatic juice, which enters the small intestine to have its main effect. The other major pancreatic secretions are hormonal. These include insulin, glucagon, and others. These hormones are secreted directly into the blood stream, as opposed to being secreted into the small intestine like the pancreatic juice. Insulin secretion is regulated by blood sugar levels.
What do pancreatic enzymes digest?
The pancreatic enzymes amylase, trypsin and lipase digest proteins, fatty acids, carbohydrates and starches.
Does pancreatic juice digest protein?
Yes, pancreatic juice plays a crucial role in protein digestion. It contains digestive enzymes, primarily trypsin, chymotrypsin, and carboxypeptidase, which break down proteins into smaller peptides and amino acids. These enzymes are secreted by the pancreas into the small intestine, where they become activated and facilitate the digestion process. Thus, pancreatic juice is essential for the effective digestion of dietary proteins.
Pancreatic enzymes are secreted in response to the hormone?
Pancreatic enzymes are secreted in response to the hormone cholecystokinin (CCK). This hormone is released in response to the presence of food in the small intestine, stimulating the pancreas to release enzymes that help digest fats, proteins, and carbohydrates.
Where does pancreatic anylase will digest?
Pancreas
How does pancreatic juice get into the alimentary canal of a frog?
Pancreatic juice in a frog travels from the pancreas through a duct that empties into the duodenum of the small intestine. When the frog eats, the presence of food in the duodenum triggers the release of pancreatic juice to aid in digestion.
What food group does bile affect in the duodenum?
It effects fats, by breaking large bits of it into smaller one, making it easier for the lipase in pancreatic juice to digest them. =]
Dose the stomach contains pancreatic juice?
no stomach doesn't contain pancreatic juice. it is secreted by pancreas and contain trypsin and lipase which help in digesting proteins and fats respectively in small intestine
