Digestion Flashcards
Physical digestion
Chewing and breaking up food in mouth and stomach
Digestive system
Group of organs breaking down food
4 types of teeth
Incisors , canines , premolars , molars.
Incisors
Cutting
Canines
Tearing
Premolars
Grinding
Molars
Grinding
Mouth
Amylase breaks down starch
Oesophagus
Tube that carries food to the stomach
Pancreas
Makes digestive enzymes
Large intestine
Passes water back to the blood
Small intestine
Food molecules are absorbed into the blood stream here
Liver
Makes bile to break down fats
Stomach
Stores food and mixes it with digestive juices
Chemical digestion
Uses enzymes
Enzyme
Protein that can speed up a chemical reaction without being used up in the reaction
Enzyme, substrate , product
Amylase , starch , maltose
Show action of amylase on starch
Two test tubes (a has starch) (b starch and amylase ) heated at thirty seven degrees . Test for starch using iodine and for reducing sugar using Benedictus solution . Test tube a turns black in iodine and stays blue in Benedicts solution . B remain born in iodine and turns brick red in Benedicts solution.