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1. First you chew up your proteins in your mouth and turn them into extremely small pieces, or at least you should.
2. Proteins are generally digested in your stomach. The acid environment allows proteins to unfold. Proteins are made from amino acids. The body prefers to break down proteins to the basic amino acids and then the amino acids. Then it uses the amino acids to produce the proteins that it wants. (fats and carbohydrates are digested in the intestines.)
3. The walls of the stomach and small intestine produce mucus protecting them from digestive justices.
What else can I help you with?
Which intestine do proteins carbohydrates and fat chemically digest?
neither Proteins, carbohydrates and fats are all digested in the small intestine. The liver, gallbladder, and pancreas secrete chemicals into the small intestine to digest these nutrients. The large intestine absorbs water from the food, leaving behind waste products.
What acid is produced when protein is digested?
The base building blocks of proteins are amino acids. However to digest proteins the stomach makes Hydrochloric acid.
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.
Where do horses digest oil?
Fats are digested in the small intestine.
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.
How proteins are digested?
Proteins are digested by proteasees (enzymes) in the digestive system. Trypsin, peps, chymotrypsis are the proteases of stomach that start digesting proteins in to peptides. Enteropeptidases further digest them to small peptides and finally amino acids.
Which organs digest grains?
Grains are carbohydrates. Carbohydrates are digested by the small intestine.
In which two areas are proteins carbohydrates and lipids digested together?
Proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids are primarily digested together in the mouth and the small intestine. In the mouth, enzymes like salivary amylase begin carbohydrate digestion, while mechanical breakdown occurs for proteins and fats. In the small intestine, bile salts emulsify lipids, and pancreatic enzymes further digest proteins and carbohydrates, allowing for efficient nutrient absorption.
How do ruminant digest protein?
Ruminants digest protein through a specialized process involving multiple stomach compartments, primarily the rumen. In the rumen, microbes break down proteins into peptides and amino acids through fermentation. These microbes then synthesize their own proteins, which the ruminants can later digest and absorb in the intestines. This microbial protein, along with the directly digested dietary protein, provides essential amino acids for the animal's nutrition.
How is egg digested in the human body?
Egg digestion begins in the stomach, where gastric acids and enzymes like pepsin break down proteins. The partially digested egg then moves to the small intestine, where pancreatic enzymes and bile further digest fats and proteins. Nutrients are absorbed through the intestinal walls into the bloodstream, while any indigestible parts are passed to the large intestine for elimination. This process allows the body to utilize the egg's rich protein, vitamins, and minerals efficiently.
What must proteins be broken down into before being absorbed?
Yes they do. the protein has to be digested in the stomach before absorbed there.
What enzymes digest protein?
Enzymes dont digest proteins they act as cataylst to break down the protein, there is a difference. :D As one enzyme is specifc to one type of protein, there are a wide variety of them, For example. Amylose (in out saliva) is catalyst by amylase the enzyme. Lactose in dairy is cataylsed by the enzyme lactase. And Cellulose (in plant cell walls) is catalysted by Celluase.
