1. Draw a diagram depicting Human Alimentary Canal and label it Gall Bladder, Liver, and Pancreas.
  2. State the roles of the Liver and Pancreas.
  3. Name the organs which perform the following functions in humans:
    1. Absorption of digested food.
    2. Absorption of water.


(a)

(b) Functions:
1. Liver produces bile juice which is stored in the gall bladder. It helps to digest fats.
2. Pancreatic juice contains enzymes that combine with the juices of intestinal walls to form chyme. Pancreatic amylase helps in breaking down the starch. Pancreatic lipase breaks down fats. While Pancreatic proteases break down proteins.

(c) (i) Absorption of digested food: Small intestine

(ii) Absorption of water: Large intestine

Updated on: 20-Mar-2023

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