Question

Most digestion and all absorption of food take place in the :-

• A. small intestine
• B. large intestine
• C. stomach
• D. caecum

Answer 1

The correct option is A small intestine

Pepsin is the chief digestive enzyme in the stomach that stomach that breaks down proteins. Cells produce pepsinogen that is produced to act on mucus by epithelial cells of the stomach that helps to protect the lining of the stomach from corrosive hydrochloric acid and pepsin. And the absorption is done in small intestine.

So, the correct option is 'small intestine'.