Digestion Flashcards
1
Q
Intercellular vs extra cellular digestion
A
Food vacuoles (phagocytosis/ pinocytocis) fuse w/ lysome
Compartment that is continuous w/ external environment
2
Q
Digestion starts in
A
Mouth- enzymes in mouth like amylase breakdown starch and glycogen and bolus where tongue pushes it to pharynx
3
Q
Small intestine
A
Most enzymatic hydrolisis of macromolecules
Chyme mixes with duodenum and gastric juices from pancreas (w/ help of villi and microvilli)
4
Q
Pancreas
A
Produces alkanine biorichcarbonate that neutralize chyme
Protease, lipases, nuclease, amylease
5
Q
gallbladder/liver
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bile salts emulsify lipids
6
Q
apical vs basal surface
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facing inside intestine
facing blood
7
Q
hepatic portal vein
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where nutrients go to
8
Q
2 ways fats go through the body
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- liver- converts nutrients of what body needs, and excrete not needed
- chylomicrons- surrounded by carbohydrates and proteins goes to lymph and heart
