Digestion

Question 1

What does protein turn into ?

Answer 1

Amino acids

Question 2

What does fat turn into

Answer 2

Fatty acids/ glicerol

Question 3

What parts of the mouth help digestion ?

Answer 3

Chewing - to break big food into small pieces that can be swallowed
Saliva - contains mucas to make food soft and carbohydrate (amalyase) to chemically break down starch

Question 4

How does the food get from the mouth to the stomach ?

Answer 4

The oesophagus by peristalsis

Question 5

What parts of the stomach help with digestion ?

Answer 5

Churning - physically break food into small pieces
Hydrocloric acid - to kill bacteria and help the enzymes
Protease - breaks down protein into amino acids ( works best at PH2 )

Question 6

What what does bile do ?

Answer 6

It neutralises and emulsifies

Question 7

Where is bile made and stored ?

Answer 7

It’s made in the liver and stored in the gall bladder

Question 8

What does the pancreas do ?

Answer 8

Produces carbohydrates and lipase and protease

Question 9

What does the small intestine do ?

Answer 9

Absorbs the energy from the digested food into the blood via villi ( large surface area )

Question 10

What does the large intestine do ?

Answer 10

Most of the food is absorbed - waste remains water is now reabsorbed

Question 11

What does starch turn into ?

Answer 11

Glucose