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What fiber is digested by colonic bacteria?
Fermentable
What plays a role in the breakdown of certain types of dietary fiber in the large intestine?
A) Bacteria B) Small intestinal villus cell C) Colonic cells D) Pancreas The correct answer is A) Bacteria
What plays a major role in the breakdown of certain types of dietary fiber in large intestine?
A) Bacteria B) Small intestinal villus cell C) Colonic cells D) Pancreas The correct answer is A) Bacteria
What plays a major role in the breakdown of certain types of dietary fiber in the large intestines?
A) Bacteria B) Small intestinal villus cell C) Colonic cells D) Pancreas The correct answer is A) Bacteria
What are the 3 short chain fatty acids in the colon?
Human colonic bacteria ferment resistant starch and polysaccharides (dietary fiber) to short chain fatty acids, acetate, propionate, and butyrate.
What are the rough parts of food that cannot be digested?
Fiber is the rough parts of some fruits, vegetables, and grains that cannot be digested.
What is the Indigestible part of food?
Cellulose fiber is not digested by the human digestive system, but also bear in mind that digestion does not work with 100% efficiency, so even nutrients that we digest are not completely digested. Anything not digested will, in due course, be eliminated in the form of a bowel movement.
Carbohydrates that cannot be digested by the body are called?
Fiber.
Is fiber a type of complex carbohydrate that is easily digested?
no
What nutrient is not digested but stimulates intestinal muscle contractions?
The nutrient that is not digested but stimulates intestinal muscle contractions is fiber. Fiber is a type of carbohydrate that may be soluble or insoluble.
Are fibers digested by humans?
depends on the fiber.... what kind of fiber dear?
Can glycogen be digest?
Glycogen can be digested by humans. Chitin and Cellulose, also knows as fiber, can not be digested by humans.
