Question

will eat food composed of all the nutrients like carbohydrates fats and proteins and water . after digestion these are absorbed in the form of glucose amino acids and fatty acids and glycerol etc.. what mechanism are involved in absorption of digested food and water ?

Answer 1

Hello there !

Enzymes in our stomach react with the chyme .
Chyme is a fluid that consist of gastric juice and also contains partly digested food that passes from the stomach to our small intestine.

Then the enzymes breaks down the food into smaller substances for getting necessary nutrients .
These nutrients are absorbed by lumen and then it is transported to blood.
Blood carries all the nutrients to all parts of the body.


The Mechanisms which are involved are :-
absorption, assimilation and ingestion.

Answer 2

most of the food is absorbed in the small intestine will the help of numerous micro villi which increase the surface area for absorption.