50 points for doing ! what inferences can you make regarding the ph of a particular part of the digestive system and the type and relative size of the carbon-based molecules that are broken down there? and the stomach is a relatively small muscular organ compared to the small intestine that can be as long as six meters yet food tends to be held in the stomach and released in only small amounts into the small intestine. what does that suggest to you about where nutrients are absorbed? how do the products of enzyme action described in the table support your thinking?