What is the difference between the duodenum and the ileum?
The duodenum is the name given to the first part of the small intestine where the food enters from the stomach until just after the common bile duct. In the duodenum the food from the stomach, known as chyme, has pancreatic juice added to it from the common bile duct and also bile from the same place. Bile is a collection of salts made in the liver from the deamination of excess amino acids. The bile is sent to the Gall Bladder for storage and passes out of the gall bladder via the bile duct. The bile duct joins up with the pancreatic duct to form the common bile duct. The pancreas produces amylases, proteases and lipases which digest carbohydrates, proteins and fats respectively. They pass out of the pancreas into the pancreatic duct which joins up with the bile duct to form the common bile duct. The ileum is the second part of the small intestine and makes up the largest part of it. It starts just after the commonbile duct and ends at the entrance to the large intestine. The function
