Search for notes by fellow students, in your own course and all over the country.
Browse our notes for titles which look like what you need, you can preview any of the notes via a sample of the contents. After you're happy these are the notes you're after simply pop them into your shopping cart.
Title: The Small intestines
Description: A thorough description of the small intestines and the processes it goes through. Images are present too.
Description: A thorough description of the small intestines and the processes it goes through. Images are present too.
Document Preview
Extracts from the notes are below, to see the PDF you'll receive please use the links above
SMALL INTESTINE
Parts of the small intestine
• Small intestine is divided into 3 regions: duodenum, jejunum
and ileum
...
• The jejunum is mainly involved in digestion, using the enzymes
mentioned above
...
Absorption of digested food takes place mainly through
the villi (singular villus)
...
Nutrients are absorbed into the villi by diffusion and active
transport
...
• The small intestine secretes carbohydrases and
proteases
...
Homework
• Draw a table which names the various enzymes, states
where they are produced, what substrate they work on
and what the end products of the reaction are
...
Title: The Small intestines
Description: A thorough description of the small intestines and the processes it goes through. Images are present too.
Description: A thorough description of the small intestines and the processes it goes through. Images are present too.