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What are the two jobs of the small intestine?
The two main jobs of the small intestine are digestion and absorption. It digests food using enzymes and other substances, breaking down nutrients into smaller molecules. These nutrients are then absorbed through the walls of the small intestine and into the bloodstream to be used by the body.
What helps the small intestine?
small intestine helps absorb nutrients
What does small intestine do to the food?
The function of the small intestine is to absorb nutrients through millions of vilosities along the intestine's wall, and to push food forwards by the movements of the bowels.
What happens to the nutrients before they leave the small intestine?
The nutrients absorb
How does the body absorb nutrient's?
Most of the nutrients are soaked up by the small intestine through villi, I believe.
What does the intestine do in the human body?
Its main function is to absorb nutrients from food. The reason it is so long is so that there is more surface area in order to absorb more nutrients. The intestine also has a muscular surface which pushes food through as it is digested.
How is the small intestine adapted to absorb the nutrients?
it is adapted to absorbing nutrients due to the villi present in the small intestine.
What is the condition that interferes with the ability of the small intestine to take up nutrients?
Long term side effect of small pox vaccine. Renders villi in small intestine unable to breakdown and digest fats and absorb nutrients.
Where does food absorb and go in the blood?
Nutrients are absorbed from the small intestine the blood (red) vessel travel through.
What is the role of the villi in the small intestine.?
The role of the villi in the small intestine is to absorb nutrients.
What does a frogs small intestine do to the food that it eats?
Absorb nutrients.
What does the small intestine do to the food a frog eats?
Absorb nutrients.
