MEDICAL BIOLOGY, HUMAN ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY - Y.I. Fedonyuk 2010

ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, PATHOLOGY

CHAPTER 7. THE NUTRITIONAL PROCESS AND ITS PATHOLOGY

ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS

SMALL INTESTINE

3. DIGESTION IN THE SMALL INTESTINE

In the Small Intestine, under METABOLISM/18.html">The Influence of intestinal juice, the final Hydrolysis of all nutrients down to the monomer stage takes place, followed by their absorption into the Blood AND Lymph. Digestion IN THE small intestine occurs first within its lumen, known as cavitary digestion, and subsequently in the zone of the intestinal epithelium through the action of Enzymes fixed on the microvilli of the intestinal epithelium, known as parietal or membrane digestion.



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