The pancreas and the Gallbladder?

Question

When food is digested and goes in the pancrease and gallbladder...what exactly happens....how does the food break down?

Answer 1

the food does not go in the pancreas or the gallbladder.

The pancreas is an organ that produces insulin. Insulin is need to keep you glucose (sugar) levels in check.

The gallbladder is a small pear shaped pouch which is connected to the liver. It stores bile which is produced by the liver for the digestion of fat. It's like the body's natural soap.

Answer 2

Oi where to begin...

What is the gallbladder?
The gallbladder is a structure on the underside of the liver on the right side of the abdomen. The function of the gallbladder is to store bile that is produced in the liver before the bile is secreted into the intestines. Bile secreted into the intestines helps the body digest fats.

and then...

The pancreas is a small, irregularly shaped organ that resides between your stomach and your spine. The pancreas has two primary purposes: to secrete enzymes into your digestive system that help break down carbohydrates and protein, and to produce hormones that help maintain normal blood sugar levels.

Answer 3

The small intestine breaks down the food mixture even more so your body can absorb all the vitamins, minerals, proteins, carbohydrates, and fats. The chicken on your pizza is full of proteins - and a little fat - and the small intestine can help extract them - with a little help from three friends: the pancreas, liver, and gallbladder.

Those organs send different juices to the first part of the small intestine. These juices help to digest food and allow the body to absorb nutrients. The pancreas makes juices that help the body digest fats and protein. A juice from the liver called bile helps to absorb fats into the bloodstream. And the gallbladder serves as a warehouse for bile, storing it until the body needs it.

Answer 4

From what I remember of grade 12 biology, the food does not enter the gallbladder and pancreas.

Instead what happens is that the pancreas produces digestive enzymes and secretes these into the small intestine where it breaks down the food. It is also the "warehouse" for producing important hormone, such as insulin.

The gall bladder stores bile.

These two descriptions are really brief so I recommend you take a look here:

Pancreas:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancreas

Gall Bladder:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gall_bladder

Answer 5

Food doesn't go into the pancreas or the gallbladder. These two organs aid the digestive system. The gall bladder stores bile it receives from the liver and helps in breaking down fat. The pancreas secretes various enzymes and insulin. Your body eventually breaks-down food into sugar insulin opens up your cells and let's the sugar go in. The cells use the sugar for energy. I hope this helps.

Answer 6

Food first starts digesting in your mouth with chewing and silavia, which has enzymes in it. Then it goes into your stomach where it is digested even more with acids and enzymes. then it goes in the small intestine where the nutrianes are taking out and absorb into the blood stream. Then it goes into the large intestine where the water is absorbed. Then you crap out whats left. The food doesn't go through the pancreas or gallbladder this is where the chemicals are made that break down the food.

Answer 7

It doesn't go into either one, the gall bladder and the pancreas release fluids to help digest things, via tubes into the stomach & upper intestine area. What they shove there helps break down the structure and things process easier.

Answer 8

they produce bile. Bile chemically breaks down the food products into ingredients that can be absorbed by the intestines into the bloodstream.

Answer 9

the gallbladder secretes the acid to break down the food even more...it gives it that nasty green bile look