B2 Digestion Flashcards
Name the type of reaction used to digest large biological molecules.
Hydrolysis
Name the products made when starch is digested.
Maltose –> (alpha) glucose
Name the products made when lipids are digested.
Fatty acids and monoglycerides
Name the products made when proteins are digested.
Amino acids
Name the enzyme used to hydrolyse starch.
Amylase
Name the enzyme used to hydrolyse maltose.
Maltase
Name the monosaccharides produced when sucrose is hydrolysed.
Glucose and fructose
Name the products of lactose hydrolysis.
Glucose and galactose
Name the part of the digestive system labelled D
Liver
Name the organ labelled B
Stomach
Name the part of the digestive system labelled A
Oesophagus
Name the chemical stored in the part of the digestive system labelled F
Bile
Name the organ labelled E on the diagram
Small intestine
Where is amylase made in the body?
Salivary glands and pancreas.
Name the part of the digestive system labelled F
Gall bladder
Name the biological molecule hydrolysed in organ B
Protein
Where are disaccharides found?
On the membranes of the epithelium cells lining the ileum.
Name the enzyme responsible for the hydrolysis of lipid.
Lipase
Where is lipase made?
Pancreas
Name three different types of protease.
Endopeptidase
Exopeptidase
Dipeptidase
Where are endopeptidases made?
Stomach
Where are exopeptidases made?
Pancreas
Name the type of bond broken by amylase enzymes.
Glyosidic bond
Name the type of bond broken by lipase enzymes.
Ester bond.
