Difference between Digestion in stomach and Digestion in intestine
No. |
Digestion in stomach |
Digestion in intestine |
1. | When digestion occurs in stomach, food which it digest comes from the mouth. | When digestion occurs in the intestine, food which it digest comes from the stomach. |
2. | In the stomach digestion, stomach is a muscular sac. | In the intestine digestion, intestine is a narrow, long and a folded tube. |
3. | In the stomach, it stores food for four hours. | In the intestine, it does not store food at all. |
4. | Digestion in stomach is a part of stomach and it carries proteins to the stomach with the help of gastric juice enzyme. | Digestion in intestine takes place with the help of intestinal juices action. |
5. | In the stomach digestion, digestion of proteins takes place. | In the intestine digestion, digestion of fats and carbohydrates takes place. |
6. | In the stomach digestion, secretion of hydrochloric acid, pepsin, intrinsic factor, water and mucous occurs. | In the intestine digestion, secretion of lipase, bicarbonate ions, amylase, trypsin, peptidase, nuclease, nucleosidase, maltase and bile occurs. |