Is all glucose absorbed in the small intestine?

Liver acts as a blood glucose buffer system. When after a meal blood glucose rises and insulin is secreted, two thirds of the glucose absorbed from gut is stored in the liver in the form of glycogen. read more

Glucose is taken in in different forms and then broken down into glucose by different enzymes in different parts of the body. Starch is made up of long chains of alphaglucose. read more

Water and lipids are absorbed by passive diffusion throughout the small intestine. Sodium bicarbonate is absorbed by active transport and glucose and amino acid co-transport. Fructose is absorbed by facilitated diffusion. read more