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This structure is covered with simple squamous epithelium:

Regarding the digestion of protein: Protein digestion [doesnt] start in the mouth.  Once in the stomach [pepsin] works on protein digestion.  The next enyzme active in breaking apart carbs is [pancreatic] that is active in the [smintestine] and it comes from the [pancreas].  This breaks protein down into [aaanddi].  The last group of enzymes that work on protein digestion are called [brush] and they are secreted by the [enterocytes].  [aas] move into the enterocytes.  They they move out of the [baso] and into the [blood] capillaries.  From the small intestine, they are moved to the [liver].

This type of vessel has a bigger tunica media than any other type of vessel:

Carbon dioxide moves from the tissues into the blood. Then about 70% of it:

What organ secretes digestive enzymes that do most of the break down of the food we eat?

This layer of the digestive tract is made of muscle which contracts to ensure that chyme moves over the simple columnar epithelium to maximize absorption:

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