Question

What is another name for intestine juice

Answer 1

Succus Entricus is another name for intestine juice .
It is a fluid that is secreted in small quantity in the small intestine. The secretions of the brush border cells of the mucosa alongwith the secretions of the goblet cells constitute this intestinal juice.

Answer 2

Intestinal juice is also called succus entericus. It is secreted by walls of intestine. It contains various digestive enzymes, hormones, mucus and neutralising substances.
The intestinal enzymes which help in digesting the food are Maltase (digest maltose into glucose) , sucrase (digest sucrose into glucose and fructose), lactase (digest lactose into glucose and galactose), dipeptidase (digest previously digested proteins into amino acids), lipase (digest previously digested fats into fatty acids and glycerol) , nucleotidases, nucleosidase, etc.
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