ENZYMES AND DIGESTION Flashcards
WHAT DO THE DIGESTIVE ENZYMES DO
BREAK DOWN BIG MOLECULES INTO SMALLER ONES
WHICH ONES ARE THE BIG MOLECULES AND WHAT DO THEY NEED DIGESTIVE ENZYMES
STARCH, PROTEIN AND FATS- THEY ARE TOO BIG TO PASS THROUGH THE WALLS OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
WHICH ONES ARE THE SMALL MOLECULES AND WHY DONT THEY NEEDS DIGESTIVE ENZYMES
SUGARS, AMINO ACIDS, GLYCOGEN AND FATTY ACIDS- THEY CAN PASS EASILY THROUGH THE WALLS OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
WHAT DOES AMALYSE DO
IT CONVERTS STARCH INTO MALTOSE AND MALTASE CONVERTS MALTOSE INTO GLUCOSE
WHAT DOES PROTAESES DO
CONVERTS PROTEINS INTO AMINO ACIDS
WHAT DOES LIPASSES DO
CONVERTS LKIPIDS INTO GLYCEROL AND FATTY ACIDS
WHAT IS BILE
BILE IS PRODUCED IN THE LIVER
WHAT DOES BILE DO
IT NZUTRALISES THE STOMACH ACIDS AND EMULSIFIES FATS
HOW DOES BILE MAKE THE CONDITIONS ALKALINE IN THE SMALL INTESTINE
BECAUSE THE HYDROCHLORIC ACID IN THE STOMACH MMAKES THE PH TOO ACIDIC, AND BILE IS ALKALINE, IT NEUTRRALISES THE ACID AND MAKES THE SMALL INTESTINE WORK PROPERLY
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT THAT BILE ALSO BREAK FATS INTO TINY DROPLETS
IT GIVES MUCH BIGGER SURFACE AREA OF FAT FOR THE ENZYME LIPASE TO WORK- WHICH MAKES DIGESTION FASTER
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PERISTALSIS
WHAT ARE PERISTALSIS
THIS SQUEEZING ACTION, WHICH IS WAVES OF CIRCULAR MUSCLE CONCENTRATIONS
