Carbs and Lipids

Question 1

What are polysaccharides?

Answer 1

Starch and Glycogen

Question 2

What are Disaccarides?

Answer 2

Lactose
Maltose
Sucrose

Question 3

What are monosaccarides?

Answer 3

Glucose
Fructose
Penrose

Question 4

What are the two enzymes that break down carbohydrates?

Answer 4

Salivary amalayse and pancreatic alpha amalayse

Question 5

What 2 glands secrete salivary amalayse in the mouth?

Answer 5

The parotid and submandibular gland

Question 6

When does salivary amalayse continue?

Answer 6

It continues until stomach acids render the enzymes inactive

Question 7

What happens in the pancreatic phase?

Answer 7

The duodenum secretes alpha pancreatic amalyase and the remaining carbohydrates are broken down

Question 8

What is the duodenal phase?

Answer 8

Disaccarides and tri sacccarides are broken into mono saccarides by brush border enzymes of intestinal microvilli

Question 9

What does Maltase break down?

Answer 9

The 2 glucose molecules of Maltose

Question 10

What does Sucrase break down?

Answer 10

Sucrose into glucose and fructose

Question 11

What does lactase break down?

Answer 11

Lactose into glucose and galactose

Question 12

What are the transports for absorption of monosaccarides?

Answer 12

Diffusion(passive or facilitated)
Co transport

Question 13

How are monosaccarides absorbed?

Answer 13

They are taken up by active transport or facilitated diffusion and carried to the liver

Question 14

What are the enzymes involved in breaking down lipids?

Answer 14

Lingual lipase
Pancreatic lipase

Question 15

What are tricycerides?

Answer 15

1 glycerol and 3 Fatty acids

Question 16

What is the purpose of bike salts?

Answer 16

It emulsifies lipid droplets after mixing it in duodenum for better access for pancreatic lipase

Question 17

What are Micelles?

Answer 17

Interacting with bile salts which is a bile Salt complex

Question 18

What is the lipid cell entry?

Answer 18

Where lipids diffuse across the Plasma membrane and nters into the cytoplasm forming new triglycerides

Question 19

What are chylomicrons?

Answer 19

TL+steriods+PL+fat solvable vitamins coated in proteins

Question 20

What is the purpose of protein coating?

Answer 20

Prevents diffusion into capillaries but to diffuse into intestinal lacteals to go through the thoracic duct and enter into bloodstream at the left sub clavian vein

Question 21

What is LDL?

Answer 21

Transports cholesterol to cells

Question 22

What is HDL?

Answer 22

Transports cholesterol from cells to liver