Small Intestine

Chyme from the stomach enters the small intestine where it is the site of final digestion. Enzymes found in the small intestine will aid to complete the digestion of food.

Carbohydrates are digested into simple sugars by carbohydrases.

Proteins are digested into amino acids by proteases.

Fats are digested into fatty acids and glycerol by lipases. Emulsification of fats by bile helps in digestion of fats.

What are the other functions of the small intestine?

View this animation to find out more. Refer to points 3 (Duodenum) and 4 (Ileum).

Check Your Understanding here!

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Congratulations! We have completed exploring the process of digestion.

Group Assignment

Remember the Caesar Chicken Sandwich June had for breakfast. Let us check the ingredients:

In your groups, prepare a write-up of no more than 250 words on how each of the ingredients would be digested in June's body. You may use the Internet like google to obtain additional information. Do remember to include your references. Points to be included:

- Identify the component which contains carbohydrates, fats, fibres or proteins.

- What happened to each component of the sandwich?

To be submitted in word document by the next lesson to my email:
ms_lonuco@letters.com

Individual Assignment

Individually, write a short reflection to summarise the difficulties encountered while working in your group and additional knowledge gained from the write-up. The reflection should be less than 100 words.

To be submitted in word document by the next lesson to my email:
ms_lonuco@letters.com