Digestion of Carbohydrates

Question 1

The ______ of carbohydrates begins in the mouth.

Answer 1

Mechanical and chemical digestion

Question 2

Chewing, also known as ____, crumbles the carbohydrate foods into smaller and smaller pieces.

Answer 2

Mastication

Question 3

In the oral cavity secrete saliva that coats the food particles.

Answer 3

Salivary glands

Question 4

Saliva contains the enzyme, salivary____.

Answer 4

Amylase

Question 5

Is gradually expelled into the upper part of the small intestine.

Answer 5

Chyme

Question 6

Upon entry of te chyme into the small intestine, the pancreas releases ______.

Answer 6

Pancreatic juice.

Question 7

Breaks sucrose into glucose and fructose molecules.

Answer 7

Sucrase

Question 8

Breaks the bond between the two glucose units of maltose.

Answer 8

Maltase

Question 9

Breaks the bond between galactose and glucose.

Answer 9

Lactase

Question 10

When lactase is deficient, lactose is not sufficiently broken down resulting in a condition called ______.

Answer 10

Lactose intolerance

Question 11

The first organ to receive glucose, fructose, and galactose is the _______.

Answer 11

Liver

Question 12

Also known as Embden-Meyerhof Pathway

Conversion of glucose into pyruvate or lactate

Answer 12

GLYCOLYSIS

Question 13

Glycolysis is derived from the Greek words:

glykys =
lysis=

Answer 13

sweet and splitting

Question 14

Discovered the formation of lactic acid from pyruvate

Answer 14

Gustav Embden

Question 15

Enunciated the steps of glycolysis

Answer 15

Fritz Meyerhof

Question 16

Formation of glucose 6- phosphate from a non- carbohydrate source.

Answer 16

Gluconeogenesis

Question 17

Breakdown of stored glycogen to glucose

Answer 17

Glycogenolysis

Question 18

Conversion of excess glucose into glycogen for storage

Answer 18

Glycogenesis

Question 19

Conversion of carbohydrates to fatty acids

Answer 19

Lipogenesis

Question 20

Decomposition of fats

Answer 20

Lipolysis