Title: Small Intestine: 3 Parts, Fuctions, Enzymes, and The process of absorption - 2021
Headings: Small Intestine: 3 Parts, Fuctions, Enzymes, and The process of absorption
Small Intestine: 3 Parts, Fuctions, Enzymes, and The process of absorption
Table of Content show
Parts and Functions of the small intestine
Duodenum
Empty intestine (jejunum)
Intestinal absorption (ileum)
Read also: Small Bowel Resection: Definition, Indications, and Risks + VIDEO
Enzymes in The Small Intestine
Read also: Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Risk Factors, Causes, and Symptoms
The process of absorption in the small intestine
Read also: The Causes of Frequent Bowel Movements
Sharing is caring!

Content: The duodenum is responsible for channeling food to the small intestine. Histologically, there is the Brunner gland that produces mucus. The intestinal wall of the duodenum is composed of very thin layers of cells that form the mucosa muscle. In the duodenum, the enzyme produced from the intestinal wall. Such enzymes are necessary for chemically digesting food. Here are the small intestine functions possessed by the duodenum: Helps to digest food for softer and smoother
Helps absorption of nutrients in food
Produces the necessary enzymes in the digestive system (enterokinase enzyme, maltase, lactase, Sukhrase, peptidase, lipase, Erepsin, Disachrase, Nuclelease, etc.) Forming mucous muscles to aid in food digestion
It mucus produced by the Brunner gland
Helps the process of absorption of proteins, carbohydrates and substances of sugar, amino acids, fatty acids
As the immune system
As an estuary of the essential channel body
Empty intestine (jejunum)
The empty intestine ( jejunum) is the second part of the small intestine that sits between the duodenum and intestinal absorption (ileum). The length of the empty intestine in older humans ranges from 1-2 meters. The empty intestine and intestinal absorption hangs on the body with the mesenterium.