Sentences with phrase «jejunum where»

Complete digestion of these polypeptides should occur in the duodenum and jejunum where pancreatic and intestinal proteases and peptidases cleave peptide bonds until only small peptide units and individual amino acids remain.

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From there the food passes through the eight - foot midsection of the small intestine, the jejunum, where fingerlike projections absorb vital sugars, amino acids, vitamins, and small proteins.