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B2.1.2 Enzymes and Digestion Flashcards

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1
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The 2 stages of digestion in humans are…

A

Physical breakdown by teeth or stomach churning

Chemical digestion by enzymes

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What is the function of the pancreas?

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Releases pancreatic juice onto food, as it exits the stomach, which contains proteases, lipases and carbohydrases.

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3
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Give some examples of proteases involved in digestion

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Endopeptidase

Exopeptidate

Dipeptidase

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4
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What is the function of teeth?

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To physically bread down food and increase its surface area

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5
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Identify the part of the digestive system

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Oesophagus

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6
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Identify the part of the digestive system

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Gall Bladder

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What is meant by chemical digestion?

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When large food molecules are hydrolysed into smaller molecules by enzymes.

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8
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Give some examples of carbohydrases involved in digestion

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Salivary Amylase

Pancreatic Amylase

Maltase

Sucrase

Lactase

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9
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Name the cell membrane-bound protease

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Dipeptidase

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10
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Bile salts are produced by the…

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liver

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11
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What is the function of maltase?

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To break down maltose into 2 α-glucose molecules

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12
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What is the function of the stomach?

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Produces proteases for protein digestion

Churns food to physically break it down

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13
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Identify the part of the digestive system

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Rectum

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14
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What is the function of salivary amylase?

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To hydrolyse starch into maltose

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What is the function of lipase?

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To hydrolyse the ester bonds in triglycerides to give fatty acids and monoglycerides

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16
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How does the body break down maltose?

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The lining of the ileum has maltase enzymes bound to their membranes.

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17
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Identify the part of the digestive system

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Pancreas

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18
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What is the function of exopeptidases?

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To hydrolyse the peptide bonds at the ends of peptide molecules, which releases amino acids and dipeptides.

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19
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Name the 3 membrane-bound disaccharidases…

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Maltase

Sucrase

Lactase

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What is the function of dipeptidases?

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To hydrolyse the peptide bonds between dipeptides.

They are membrane bound enzymes.

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What is the function of the ileum (small intestine)?

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Produces enzymes to digest food

Absorbs the products of digestion into the blood.

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22
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What is the function of the oesophagus?

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To carry food from the mouth to the stomach

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23
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What is the function of the large intestine?

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To absorb water

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24
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Identify the part of the digestive system

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Salivary Glands

25
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What is meant by egestion?

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The removal of faeces via the anus

26
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Identify the part of the digestive system

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Ileum (small intestine)

27
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Identify the part of the digestive system

A

Large Intestine

28
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What is the function of bile salts?

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To emulsify large lipid molecules into smaller lipid micelles. To increase the surface area that lipase can act on.

29
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What is the function of lactase?

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To hydrolyse the glycosidic bond in a lactose molecule to give glucose and galactose.

30
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What is the function of pancreatic amylase?

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To hydrolyse starch in the ileum that was not broken down in the mouth.

31
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How does physical breakdown aid digestion?

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Creates a larger surface area for enzymes to act on.

Makes food easier to ingest (swallow).

32
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Starch is not digested when food enters the stomach. Why?

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The salivary amylase enzymes are denatured by the hydrochloric acid in the stomach.

33
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What is the function of endopeptidase?

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To hydrolyse the central peptide bonds in a large protein molecule to give smaller peptide molecules.

34
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Name the 3 categories of enzymes.

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Carbohydrases

Proteases

Lipases

35
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Which type of bond does amylase break?

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α 1-4 glycosidic bonds

36
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What is meant by hydrolysis?

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When a water molecule is added to a molecule to break a chemical bond.

37
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What is the function of sucrase?

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To hydrolyse the glycosidic bond in a sucrose molecule to give glucose and fructose.

38
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Identify the part of the digestive system

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Anus

39
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Which enzyme is produced by the salivary glands?

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Salivary Amylase

40
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Enzymes are secreted by…

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glands

41
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What is the function of the rectum?

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The final section of the intestines which stores faeces

42
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What is a monoglyceride?

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A glycerol molecule with 1 fatty acid attached.

43
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Name the 3 proteases (peptidases) that are involved in protein digestion.

A

Endopeptidase

Exopeptidase

Dipeptidase

trypsin

44
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Bile salts emulsify large lipid molecules into smaller lipid molecules called…

A

micelles

45
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What is a membrane-bound disaccharidase?

A

An enzyme that is part of the epthelial cell surface membranes of the ileum. They break down disaccharides.

46
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What is a gland?

A

An organ in the body that secretes substances such as enzymes or hormones.

47
Q

Identify the part of the digestive system

A

Stomach

48
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What is the function of the salivary glands?

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They secrete the enzyme salivary amylase, which hydrolyses starch into maltose.

49
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exo and edopeptidases are required for protein hydrolysis - name another enzyme needed to complete protein hydrolysis

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dipeptidases

50
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what do endopeptidases do?

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Endopeptidases hydrolyse internal (peptide bonds)

51
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What do exopeptidases do?

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Exopeptidases remove amino acids/hydrolyse (bonds) at end(s);

52
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Why does the action of exo and endopeptidases result in more efficient hydrolysis?

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endopeptidases create more ends or increase in surface area (for exopeptidases);

53
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Describe the action of membrane dipeptidases

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Hydrolyse peptide bond to release amino acids

(dipeptides cannot cross the cell membrane)

54
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define digestion

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HYDROLYSIS of LARGE insoluble molecules into SMALLER soluble molecules

55
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How and where is trypsinogen converted to trypsin

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in the duodenum by enterokinase

56
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How and where is pepsinogen converted to pepsin

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in the stomach by Hydrochlocic acid

57
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where is pepsinogen produced

A

stomach

58
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where is trypsinogen produced

A

Pancreas

59
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where is enterokinase produced

A

in the duodenum

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