Page 177 - Allah's Miracles in the Qur'an

Harun Yahya

In the table below, it can be seen the distribution to the body of semi-digest-
ed food from the alimentary canal combined with blood from the veins.
While some of this mixture is distributed to muscles and other body tis-
sues, some is delivered to mammary glands to be secreted as milk.
INTESTINES
RUMEN
(Starch)
Cellulose &
Undigested
Hemicellulose fibre
FOOD
starch Glucose Undigested
starch
RUMINAL WALL
Gases Glucose Energy
Butyrate (Lactate) INTESTINAL
WALL
Acetate Propionate
PORTAL Ketones
BLOOD
(To the liver)

LIVER
Butyrate
Ketones
Acetate
Propionate
Fatty Acids
(Lactate)
Glucose Amino acids

Ketones Glucose
BLOOD
Acetate
(General circulation)

Ketones Glucose Ketones Glucose
Acetate Acetate
Glucose
Ketones Energy Energy
Acetate Ketones Glucose Glycerol Glucose
Energy Ketones
Acetate Acetate
Glycerol
Protein Fat Fat Lactose
(Triglycerides) (short chains)
MUSCLES AND
OTHER TISSUES ADIPOSE TISSUE
MAMMARY
GLAND

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