Understanding Digestion, Blood Composition, and the Endocrine System
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Amylase begins the digestive process by breaking down starch when you chew your food, converting it into a smaller carbohydrate. Pepsin helps digest the proteins in food because amylase is at the mouth and the pepsin at the stomach.
Chyle
Is a body fluid in the small intestine. It is turbid and milky due to the presence of emulsified fats. Is formed from the chyme during the digestion of fatty foods.
Intestinal Flora
Is the symbiotic bacteria occurring naturally in the gut.
Defecation
Is the final action of digestion, by which organisms eliminate solid, semisolid, or liquid waste material from the digestive tract via the anus.
Mechanical Digestion
This is the enzymatic breakdown of large, complex molecules found in food into smaller, simpler, more... Continue reading "Understanding Digestion, Blood Composition, and the Endocrine System" »