An account of the chief changes involved in the chemical breakdown of the main types of foodstuffs during digestion. Shows the secretion of saliva and its action on cooked starch; the gastric glands; secretion of intestinal bile and pancreatic juice and their effect on proteins, carbohydrates and fats; the absorption of nutriment through the villi and lacteals into the blood and its subsequent circulation through the body.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
313689
Language
English
Subject categories
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Anatomy
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Body, Human
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Digestion
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)