enzymes and digestion Flashcards

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1
Q

what does the brain do

A

control what you think and do

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2
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what is the job of the lungs

A

take in oxygen and transfer it into the blood strem

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3
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what does the heart do

A

pump blood around your body

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4
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what 2 things does the liver do

A

clean your blood and break down fats (NOT DDIGEST)

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5
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what do the kidneys do

A

filter liquid waste from the blood

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6
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what does the stomach do

A

digest and break down food

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7
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what does the large intestines do

A

absorbe water and salts from the material that has not been digested as food

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8
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what does the small intestine do

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carries out most of the digestive process absorbing almost all of the nutrients from your food into the blood stream

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9
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name 4 enzymes that help with digestion

A

protease lipase amylase and carbohydrase

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10
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where can protase be found

A

stomach and small intestine

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11
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where can lipase be found

A

small intestine and pancreaus

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12
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where can amylase be found

A

saliva and small intestine

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13
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where can carbohydrase be found

A

saliva

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14
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what does protease help break down

A

protien

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15
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what does carbohydrase help break down

A

carbs

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16
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what does lipase help break down

A

fats

17
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what does amylase help break down

A

starch

18
Q

what digestive enzymes can be found in the large intestine

A

none

19
Q

what kills bacteria in the stomach

A

hydrochoric acid

20
Q

why is the stomach an ideal place for protease

A

hydrochoric acid

21
Q

name two types of digestion

A

chemical and mechanical

22
Q

difine digestion

A

a process that breakes food into souble substances in our bodies

23
Q

where can bile be found

A

in the liver

24
Q

what does bile do

A

helps with digestion

25
Q

what enzymes can be found in bile

A

none

26
Q

what does catalyst do

A

speed up chemical reactions without its self being used up

27
Q

what do enzymes do

A

help speed up chemical reactions in our bodies

28
Q

what enzymes are made in the pancreas

A

carbohydrase lipase protease and amylase

29
Q

if a word ends in ase what does that mean

A

it is an enzyme

30
Q

what is the lock and key theroy

A

the shape of an enzyme can only fit its original food tyoe

31
Q

what is the place where food is broken down in an enzyme called

A

active site

32
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what do you call the substance that gets broken down by an enzyme

A

substrate