Thursday, December 3, 2009

Production of digestive juices

The salivary glands in the mouth produces saliva which contains an enzyme that digests the starch from food into smaller molecules. The next set of digestive juices are found in the stomach. It produces stomach acid and digestive juices and an enzyme that digests protein. The next set, found in the pancreas, produces a wide array of enzymes that break down the carbohydrate, fat and protein. The last set of digestive juices is found in the liver. It is also known as bile. The bile acid dissolves fats into the watery content of the intestine.

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