What are the small and large intestines?

Answer 1

Food is broken down by enzymes (biological catalysts) into smaller molecules. For example, starch is broken down into sugars which can dissolve, and proteins into amino acids, and lipids (fats) into sugars also. These soluble particles then pass through the lining of the small intestine into the bloodstream, where they are carried to where they are needed.

Answer 2

Enzymes secreted by the wall of the small intestine complete the process of digestion. The end products of digestion are absorbed by the villi protruding from the wall of the small intestine. The indigestible parts of the food, together with a large volume of water, pass on into the large intestine.

Answer 3

The Small Intestine is an organ connected to the stomach. The Small Intestine will mush the food you ate into bits/nutrients. The Large Intestine is a wider tube. Most of the Large Intestine is also known as a colon. Helpful Bacterias live there. Some Bacterias makes nutrients for your body needs.These Bacterias can also keep out of other Bacterias that are very harmful to your body. The Large Intestine takes water and salts from the waste and makes it more solid-form and Muscles will squeeze to push the waste out of the body.

Answer 4

The stomach and the small intestine both take part in mechanical digestion (physically breaking down food by churning), and the enzymes in both contribute to chemical digestion (chemically breaking down food into smaller molecules).

Answer 5

The small and large intestines digest food. Different processes happen in each set of intestines, but it all occurs in the food being digested and nutrients being absorbed.