Why Is It Important For The Food To Go To The Small Intistines?

Why is it important for the food to go to the small intistines?

 

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It is important for the food to go to the small intestines since the final process of digestion occurs in the intestine.

Our small intestine is divided into 3 parts - duodenum, jejunum, and ileum. The goal of the digestion is to get nutrients from the food that we eat.

Duodenum

• The stomach will deliver the process food (chyme) to duodenum.
• 90 % of chemical digestion occur.
• Most of the digestion will happen wherein liver, pancreatic, and gallbladder will secret chemicals to facilitate digestion.
• It prepares the food for absorption.

Jejunum

• 90% of absorption of nutrients occur.
• The jejunum receives the process food from the duodenum.
• after the jejunum the process food will be pass to ileum.

Ileum

• Receives the food coming from the jejunum.
• Absorption of important nutrients which was not absorbed in the jejunum.

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