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2. Digestive enzyme - Wikipedia

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   Digestive enzymes take part in the chemical process of digestion, which follows the mechanical process of digestion. Food consists of macromolecules of proteins, carbohydrates, and fats that need to be broken down chemically by digestive enzymes in the mouth, stomach, pancreas, and duodenum, before being able to be absorbed into the bloodstream ...

3. What are enzymes, and what do they have to do with ... - AOL

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   Digestive enzymes, for instance, belong to the hydrolase category and help break down foods to make them more easily absorbed throughout the body. There's also metabolic enzymes, which belong to ...

4. Human digestive system - Wikipedia

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   This stage includes the mechanical breakdown of food by chewing, and the chemical breakdown by digestive enzymes, that takes place in the mouth. Saliva contains the digestive enzymes amylase, and lingual lipase, secreted by the salivary and serous glands on the tongue. Chewing, in which the food is mixed with saliva, begins the mechanical ...

5. Gastrointestinal physiology - Wikipedia

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   Every day, seven liters of fluid are secreted by the digestive system. This fluid is composed of four primary components: ions, digestive enzymes, mucus, and bile. About half of these fluids are secreted by the salivary glands, pancreas, and liver, which compose the accessory organs and glands of the digestive system.

6. What Are Digestive Enzymes, and Do You Really Need Them, or ...

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7. Extracellular digestion - Wikipedia

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   The arthropod digestive system is divisible into three areas: the fore gut, mid gut, and hind gut. All free-living species exhibit a distinct and separate mouth and anus, and in all species, food must be moved through the digestive tract by muscular activity rather than cilia activity since the lumen of the fore gut and hind gut is lined with ...