Question

Functions of: liver, Pancrease, HCL, Mucus and small intestine?

Answer 1

Liver: It is a large organ which secrets bile juice which helps in the digestion of fats.
it breaks fats into fatty acids. which can be digested by the body.

Pancreas: It is an organ which lies below the stomach and it secrets the pancreatic juice which helps in digestion of all 4 macromolecules,which are
fats proteins,carbohydrates and nucleic acid.

HCL: It is also known as gastric juice and it contains the enzymes which help in digestion.

small intestine: It has small finger like projections which help in absorption of the digested food material.

Answer 2

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HCL :

HCl softens the food and makes it acidic for proper functioning of enzyme pepsin....

HCl converts inactive pepsinogen into pepsin

MUCUS :

it protects the inner lining of the stomach from all the ill effects of HCl and Pepsin....

HCl can cause acidity and formation of gastric ulcers due to corrosion of inner lining of stomach.....

SMALL INTESTINE : it is the longest part of the alimentary canal...in humans it is about 6 metres in length..and 2.5 to 3.5 cm in diameter... small intestine is coiled tube divided into three parts duodenum , jejunum, ileum ...........

LIVER :

liver is the largest reddish brown colour gland of the body ...and lies in the right upper side of the abdomen..... some main functions of liver are ....

storage of glycogen

formation of urea

storage of iron

storage of vitamin E like a d and K.....

PANCREAS :

it is the second largest gland lying in the loop of duodenum below the stomach...

it secretes pancreatic juice ...which contains enzymes like trypsin, nucleases, pancreatic lipase ......

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