Created by Freya Bolton
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- Salivary Glands: AMYLASE
- Stomach: PROTEASE
- Pancreas: PROTEASES, LIPASE and AMYLASE
- Small Intestine: PROTEASES, LIPASE and AMYLASE
Where Enzymes are...
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- Teeth: Chew food to allow swallowing (MECHANICAL DIGESTION)
- Salivary Glands: Produce SALIVA which lubricates food for swallowing
- Oesophagus: Pushes food down to stomach by muscular action (PERISTALIS)
- Stomach: Elastic storage sack, churns food; some digestion and absorption of water
- Liver: Major chemical processing plant for whole body. Produces BILE which is passed to the GALL BLADDER
- Gall Bladder: Concentrates BILE which helps digest fat in SMALL INTESTINE
- Small Intestine: Major site of digestion and absorption of food
- Pancreas: Produces ENZYME rich juice for digestion in the Small INTESTINE
- Large Intestine: Reabsorbs WATER from undigested food and waste
- Rectum: Compacts undigested food and waste to form FAECES
Where Enzymes are...
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