Digestion p. 132 Flashcards

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Cnidarian digestion

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Intracellular and extracellular. Two way sac

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Liver

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Detoxification 
Store iron, B12
Destroy old erythrocytes
Make bile, various blood proteins
Defends against antigens
Beta-oxidizes fatty acids to ketones
Interconverts carbs, fats, amino acids
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Bile

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Made by liver, stored in gallbladder. Digests fats.

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Pancreas

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Produces lipase, amylase, trypsin, chymotrypsin. These enzymes need alkaline environment, so pancreas also secreted bicarbonate (HCO3-)
Proteases produced as zymogens

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