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Protein
"Small portions of the mashed sandwich are pushed into the digesting area of the stomach, where gastric juice mixes with the mass. Acid in gastric juice unwinds proteins for the bread, seeds, and peanut butter; then an enzyme clips the protein strands into pieces. The sandwich has now become chyme."
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Organ were digested food is absorbed?
Food is broken down or digested in the stomach but the nutrients are not absorbed in the stomach. Nutrients from digested food are primarily absorbed in the small intestine.
Where do nutrients get digested in the digestive system?
Foods are digested partly in the stomach, and nutrients absorbed from the mashed/wet foodstuffs in the intestines.
Where does the majority of protein digestion happen?
Protein mostly gets digested in the stomach, in the stomach is where all the nutrients get sifted like out.
What class of food does the enzyme secreted by stomach act on?
Proteins are the nutrients that are digested by the enzyme pepsin, sectreted by the stomach.
Do you need your stomach in order to live?
Yes. Your stomach is what digests food. Once the food is digested, the nutrients are taken by your bloodstream to the rest of your body.
What two things happens to food in the stomach?
It's digested, and has the water and nutrients taken out of it for use in the cells.
What nutrients break down in the stomach?
Proteins are digested in the stomach. Pepsin is the enzyme, which is responsible for breaking the peptide bond of the proteins.
How does food get digested in the stomach?
well the liver squirts an enyme called amalaz into the stomach and then it get churned around by the hydrochloride acid then it is parcely dissolved and sent into the mall intestine
Is digested food absorbed through the wall of the gut to the stomach?
Some absorption also happens there however, most of the absorption of nutrients happens in the small intestines with the help of the many enzymes to break down the food that is digested by the stomach.
What is the name for ruminants stomach lining?
The stomach lining of ruminants is called the mucosa, which is responsible for producing enzymes and absorbing nutrients from the food that has been partially digested in the rumen.
Why are networks of capillaries located on the surface of the stomach the intestines and uterus?
There are interlocking networks of capillaries on the surface of the stomach and intestines to absorb digested nutrients from food and transport those nutrients throughout the body. The uterus has capillary networks for the reverse reason - to supply nutrients to a growing fetus.
Are all nutrients digested?
no.cellulose cannotbe digested
