Biology Forum Human Biology Digestion

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    • #2971
      futulam
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      I know that most of the digestion take place in the small intestine and that Hydrochloric acid and pepsid is the one that help digest food. If the digestion take place in the stomach and small intestine, what take place in the large intestine? does it digest more?

    • #35237
      Navin
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      i know that water is absorbed in the large intestine. However NO more digestion takes place. Digestion ends in the small intestine.

    • #35248
      Mjhavok
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      Water reabsortion, some more digestion. Bacteria in colon make vitamins.

    • #35262
      Poison
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      Yes, no digestion in large intestine.
      And I wanted to add: Enzymes digest food. Not HCl.

    • #35563
      JB
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      HCl is used to kill invading bacteria.
      Pepsin is used to digest milk proteins. 😀

    • #35564
      JB
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      HCl—-PH about 1.5!

    • #35573
      Poison
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      Not only killing. It provides acidic envionment for optimum enzyme activity.

    • #35611
      MrMistery
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      Yeap pepsin is most active in pH=2

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