MRCP UK EXAMINATIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Your digestive system breaks nutrients into parts small enough for your body to absorb and use for energy, growth, and cell repair.

Detailed explanation-2: -The jejunum absorbs most of your nutrients: carbohydrates, fats, minerals, proteins, and vitamins. The lowest part of your small intestine is the ileum. This is where the final parts of digestive absorption take place. The ileum absorbs bile acids, fluid, and vitamin B-12.

Detailed explanation-3: -The digestive system functions to provide mechanical processing, digestion, absorption of food, secretion of water, acids, enzymes, buffer, salt, and excretion of waste products.