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B3- Organisation And The Digestive System Flashcards

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What is a tissue

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A group of cells with similar structure and function working together

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2
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What is an organ

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Collection of tissues

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What does each organ contain?

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Several tissues, all working together to perform a specific function

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What tissues do the stomach contain and what are their functions

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muscular tissue- churn food + digestive juices of stomach together

glandular tissue-produces digestive juices that break down food

Epithelial tissue- covers the inside + outside of stomach

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5
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What two important functions do the pancreas has

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Makes hormones to control blood sugars + enzymes that digest food

Contains two very dif. Types of tissue

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6
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What is an organ system

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groups of organs that all work together to perform specific functions

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7
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What is the function of the liver?

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Producing bile

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8
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Give me 4 examples of organ system

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Circulatory
Digestive
Nervous
Excretory

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9
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What does carbohydrates break down into and by what enzyme?

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Sugars

Carbohydrase

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10
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What are proteins broken down into and what enzyme?

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Protease

Amino acids

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11
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What are fats broken into and what enzyme?

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Lipase

Fatty acids and glycerol

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12
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What is ingestion?

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Taking in of food w/ help of mouth
Happens w/ help of mouth
Teeth + tongue helps churning of food + mix of saliva

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13
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What is digestion

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Breakdown of large insoluble particle into small soluble ones

Happens w/ help of stomach, intestine, pancreas and liver

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14
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What is absorption?

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Digested food particles are absorbed into the blood

Small intestine

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15
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What is assimilation?

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Using absorbed food for releasing energy and in body processes

In the body cells

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Egestion

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Getting rid of undigested food materials

By rectum and anus

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17
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What is Bile juice?

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Green yellow ALKALINE liquid which is PRODUCED in the LIVER and STORED in the GALL BLADDER

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18
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What are two of bile juices major functions?

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Neutralisation

Emulsification of fats

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What is neutralisation in the body

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food that comes out of stomach is acidic

enzymes of intestine can work in alkaline conditions

Bile neutralises food that come from stomach-makes it alkaline so enzyme released in the intestine can work effectively

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20
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What is the emulsifications of fat?

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For lipase to work-> fat broken down into small droplets to increase surface area for the lipase to function

Bile performs this for efficient working lipase

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21
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What is the function of carbohydrates?

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Principle source of energy

Fuel for respiration

Storage molecules

Structure molecules

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22
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What is an example of storage molecules

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Starch and glycogen

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23
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What is an example of a structure molecule

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Cellulose

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24
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What is the 3 functions for protein

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Components of muscles

Required for growth and repair

Components of enzymes

Hormones like insulin

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What are the 3 functions of fats

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Insulates the body

Reserve source of energy

Components of cell membrane

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26
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What are all carbohydrates made up of?

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Units of sugar

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27
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What elements do carbohydrates contain?

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Carbon, hydrogen and oxygen

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28
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What is a simple sugar?

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Small carbohydrate containing only one sugar unit

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29
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What is the best known single sugar?

What is the chemical formula

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Glucose C6H12O6

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30
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What are complex carbohydrates? Give an example

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Long chains of simple sugar units bonded together

Starch

Cellulose

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31
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What are lipids

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Fats (solids) and oils (liquid)

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32
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Combined w other molecules, lipids are important where?

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Cell membranes as hormones, and in nervous system

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33
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Truth or false: lipids are insoluble in water

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True

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34
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What are lipids made up of?

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Carbon, hydrogen and oxygen

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35
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What are lipids made up of?

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three molecules of fatty acids joined to a molecule of glycerol

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36
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In lipids, glycerol is always the ______ but the fatty acids _______

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same

Vary

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37
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What do lipid-rich food include?

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all oil

butter, margarine, cheese, and cream

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38
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What does the different combination of fatty acids affect?

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Whether the lipid will be a liquid oil or a solid fat

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39
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What are proteins used for?

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building up the cells and tissues of the body

Basis of all enzymes

40
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How much of your body mass is protein?

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Between 15 and 16 percent

41
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Where is protein found?

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In tissues, ranging from your hair and nails to the muscles that move you around

In enzymes that control your body chemistry

42
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What are proteins made up of?

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Carbon hydrogen oxygen and nitrogen

43
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Protein rich food include…

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Meat fish pulses and cheese

44
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What is a protein molecule made up of?

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Long chains of small units called amino acids

45
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There are __ different _____ _____, and they are _____ together into _____ _____ by ______ _____

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i) 20
ii) amino acids
iii) joined
iv) long chains
v) special bonds

46
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What shape are the long chains of amino acids that make up a protein

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Folded, coiled, and twisted go make specific 3D shapes

47
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What enables molecules to fit into a protein

A

The 3D specific shapes from the folded, coiled and twisted amino acids

48
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The bonds that hold the proteins in these 3D shapes have what features?

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v sensitive to temp and pH

Can be easily broken

49
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What happens when the bonds that hold the proteins in these 3D shapes is broken?

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Shape of protein is lost

May not function any more in your cells

50
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What is the term that describes when the shape of protein is lost?

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The protein is denatured

51
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What 4 functions for proteins carry out?

A

Structural components of tissues (muscles and tendons)

Hormones (insulin)

Antibodies (destroy pathogens part of immune system)

Enzymes (catalyst)

52
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In your body, what is the rate of chemical reactions controlled by?

A

Enzymes

53
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What are enzymes?

A

Special biological catalysts that speed up reactions

54
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What do enzymes do?

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Each enzyme interacts w a particular substrate (reactant)

55
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Enzymes are large _____ _________

A

Protein molecules

56
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Why are the long chains of amino acids folded?

A

To produce a molecule with an active site that has a unique shape so it can bind to a specific substrate molecule

57
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The ____ of an enzyme is vital for the enzyme to ______

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i) shape

ii) function

58
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What theory is a simple model of how enzyme works?

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Lock and key theory

59
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What does lock and key theory involve?

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Substrate of reaction to be catalysed -fits into the active site of the enzyme

enzyme and the substrate bind together

60
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What happens after the enzyme and substrate bind together?

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Reaction takes place rapidly

The products are released from the surface of the enzyme.

61
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What is another feature enzymes can do other than break up large molecules?

A

Enzymes can join small molecules together

62
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TRUE OR FALSE Enzyms do change the reaction

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False- they speed it up

63
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What do enzymes control

A

Metabolism

64
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Give me 3 ways in which different enzymes catalyse specific types of metabolic reactions

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1) Building large molecules from lots of small ones
2) Changing one molecule into another
3) Breaking down large molecules into smaller ones

65
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What does building large molecules from lots of smaller ones include?

A

Building starch, glycogen or cellulose from glucose

Lipids from fatty acids

Proteins from amino acids

Plant cells- combine co2 w h2o to make glucose- uses glucose + nitrate ions to make amino acids

66
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What does changing one molecule into another include?

A

Changing one simple sugar into another

Such as glucose to fructose

And converting one amino acid into another

67
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What does breaking down large molecules into smaller molecules include?

A

Breaking down carbs, lipids + proteins into their constituent molecules during digestion

Breaking down glucose in cellular respiration

Breaking down excess amino acids to form urea, and other molecules used in respiration

68
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Do reactions that take place in the cell happen at relatively low or high temps?

A

Relatively low

69
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What temperature are most organisms are able to withstand?

A

40 degrees celsius

70
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What is affected after an organism reaches 40°C ?

A

Protein structure of the enzyme is affected by the high temp.

71
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What happens to the long amino acid chains when an enzyme is said to be denatured?

A

Begin to unravel, and as a result, the shape of the active site changes. Substrate cannot fit active site and no longer acts as a catalyst

72
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In which temp do most human enzymes work best?

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37°C

73
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Where does the shape if the active site if an enzyme come from?

A

Forces between dif. parts of the protein molecule

74
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What do the forces between the different parts of the protein molecule do?

A

Holds the folded chains in place

75
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What affects these forces between the different parts of the protein molecule?

A

A change in pH, changes shape of molecules

76
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Most of your enzymes work where? Doing what?

A

Inside of cells; controlling the rate of chemical reactions

77
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Where do the digestive enzymes work?

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Outside of the cells

78
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Where are enzymes produced?

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By specialised cells in glands (pancreas) and in the lining of the digestive system

79
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What happens to the enzymes after they are produced?

A

The enzymes pass put of these cells into the digestive system itself, where they come into contact w/ food molecules

80
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What is your digestive system?

A

A hollow, MUSCULAR tube that squeezes your food that helps to break up your food into small pieces that have a large surface area for enzymes to work on

81
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What enzyme catalyses the broken down of starch?

A

Amylase

82
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Where is starch broken down to sugars?

A

Mouth

Small intestine

83
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Where is amylase produced?

A

Salivary glands and pancreas

84
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Where does the digestion of starch start?

A

In mouth

85
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What catalyzes the break down of protein such as meat, fish and cheese into amino acids?

A

protease enzymes

86
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Where is protease produced?

A

the stomach, pancreas and small intestine

87
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Where does the breakdown of proteins into amino acids take place?

A

stomach and small intestine

88
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Where is the lipase made?

A

pancreas and small intestine

89
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What happens to the food molecules after theyhave been completely digested into soluble glucose, amino acids, fatty acids and glycerol?

A

They leave your small intenstine and then pass into the bloodstream to be carried around to body to the cells that need them

90
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What do all the 35 millions glands in the lining of your stomach secrete?

A

Pepsin- protease enzyme- digests protein you eat

91
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Which pH does pepsin work best at?

A

acidic

92
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How much litres of hydochloric acid does your stomach produce a day?

A

30

93
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why is it useful to have highly concentrated

hydrochloric acid in your stomach

A

Allows enzymes to work effectiviely

Kills most of the bacteria you take in w/ your food

94
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The stomach produces a thick layer of mucus. What is it’s function?

A

coats stomach walls

protects them from being digested by the acid and enzymes

95
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What happens if someone has a stomach ulcer?

A

Protecting mucus is lost
acid production may decrease
Lining of stomach is then attacked by the acid and protein-digesting enzymes- painful

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