Sentences with phrase «duodenum then»

If you have experienced any illness affecting the function of your digestion, liver, pancreas or duodenum then usually there is mal - absorption present where nutrients are not being assimilated and processed efficiently.

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Duodenum / Small Intestine: The food that is broken down in the stomach then enters the duodenum (the upper part of the small intestine) is calleDuodenum / Small Intestine: The food that is broken down in the stomach then enters the duodenum (the upper part of the small intestine) is calleduodenum (the upper part of the small intestine) is called Chyme.

The three areas of the small intestine (duodenum, jujenum, ileum) absorb most foodstuffs that then go to systemic circulation.

Chyme is then pushed towards the small intestines, first through the duodenum where additional digestive enzymes are mixed to further break down the proteins into amino acids and fats into fatty acids.

«After leaving the stomach, the fats ingested in foods are emulsified in the duodenum and small intestine by bile and then broken down by pancreatic enzymes into fatty acids and glycerol,» he says.