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MCAT Biology Ch7: Digestion Kap Flashcards

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digestion

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absorb from gut => to tissue by circulatory system => energy, growth, development, maintenance, and activities of cells

foodstuff broken down to single sugar, AA, and fatty acids

in human => w/in lumen of alimentary canal
between mouth and anus is long cont. tube, sectioned off by sphincters

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extracellular digestion

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digestion occurs outside the cells’ borders

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human digestive tract

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specialized sections w/ diff. func. roles => digestion and absorption

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digestion (human digestive tract)

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breakdown of food => organic molecules

  1. lipids –> free fatty acids
  2. starches (carbs) -> mono
  3. protein -> AA

subdivded into mech and chem

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mechanical digestion (human digestive tract)

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phys. break of large food into small

doesn’t involve breakage of chem bonds

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chemical digestion (human digestive tract)

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enzymatic cleave of chem bonds

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absorption

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prod. of digestion from digestive tract => circulatory system => tissue and cell’s

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digestive tract pathway

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oral cavity => pharynx => esophagus => stomach => small intestine => large intestine

in addition, salivary glands and accessory organs:

  • pancreas
  • liver
  • gall bladder
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oral cavity

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chem digestion of carbs and fat in mouth

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two types of digestion in oral cavity

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mech and chem

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mech digestion (oral)

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process of mastication

salivary glands (response to nervous system signals) secrete saliva, aids mech. => moisten and lubricate food

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mastication

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break large into small using teeth tongue, and lips

inc. SA => more efficient chem digrestion

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chem digestion in oral cavity

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enzyme activity brea chem bonds that store actual food energy (ATP)

saliva contains salivary amylase => chem digestion is min. => tongue forms bolus => pharynx => swallow

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two types of salivary amylase

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ptyalin and lipase…

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ptyalin

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hydrolyzing starch into smaller sugars (maltose and dextrin)

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lipase

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catalyze hydrolysis of lipids

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tongue

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muscle that forms food into bolus

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bolus

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tongue helps food turn into this

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pharnyx

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from mouth and nose to esophagus

has connection to larynx

epiglottis prevents food from getting into respiratory tract

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epiglottis

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folds down and covers the trachea during swallowing, prevents food from getting into respiratory tract

failure = choking

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esophagus

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mouth to stomach

muscular tube

starts w/ striated muscle => smooth muscle in thorax

majority of esophagus (and most rest of GI tract) is involuntary through ANS; upper 1/3, w/ striated skeletal muscle under voluntary motor control ]]

contraction in form of peristalsis is involuntary

no mech and chem in esophagus

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pathway through esophagus

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swallow initiated in muscles oropharynx => smooth muscle of esophagus w/ peristalsis => waves through GI => push food actively through tube => lower esophageal sphincter (cardiac sphincter) => bolus in stomach

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stomach

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capacity of 2 liters

muscular

acid and enzymes digest food in farily harsh environment

mucosa is thick, to protect stomach from autodigestion

combo mech and chem => inc. SA => chyme reach intestine => absorption MAX

site of digestion, not absorption

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two glands of stomach mucosa

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gastric and pyloric glands

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gastric glands

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respond to signals from brain, activated by sight, taste, and smell

3 types of cells: mucous, chief, and parietal cells

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3 types of cells in gastric glands

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mucous, chief, and parietal cells

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mucous cells

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produce mucus that protects muscular wall from harshly acidic (pH 2) and proteolytic environment of stomach

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gastric juice

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combo of secretions from chief and parietal cells

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chief cells

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in gastric juice, secrete (zymogen form of proteolytic enzymes pepsin)

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pepsin

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zymogen form of proteolytic enzyme is zymogen

digests proteins by cleaving peptide bonds near aromatic AAs => short polypeptide fragment

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parietal cells

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secrete HCl

  1. zymogens activated and HCl does this for pepsin => active of pH 2
  2. kills harmful bacteria
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pyloric gland

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secrete gastrin

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gastrin (hormone)

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secrete by pyloric gland

induce stomach secrete more HCl and mix content => chyme

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chyme

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acidic, semifluid mixture resulting from gastrin induce stomach secrete more HCl and mix content

in duodenum => release disac, peptidases, enterokinase, secretin, CCK

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small intestine

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food leaves stomach through pyloric sphincter => duodenum

bulk of chem digestion and MOST absorption (bacteria reside)

6 meters + villi => inc. relative SA over 300 square meters

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p3 sections of small intestine

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duodenum, jejunum and ileum (dow jones ind.)

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villi

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surface of inner wall of small intestine cover in these projections

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microvilli

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each villi covered in its own set of this

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small intestine: digestive functions

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digestion in duodenum

chyme in duodenum => release of hormones leading to secretino from small intestine and accessory organs

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pancreatic juince

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complex mix of several enzymes in bicarbonate (basic) => neutralize acidic chyme + ideal working environment for digestive enzymes

pH 8.5

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pancreatic juice enzymes digest

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carbs, fats, and proteins

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pancreatic amylase

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large poly to small disac

carb digestion

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list of pancreatic peptidases

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trypsinogen, chymotrypsinogen, elastinogen, and carboxypeptidase

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pancreatic peptidase

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released in zymogen form

once activated => protein digestion

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enterokinase

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produced by small intestine

activates trypsinogen to trypsin => activate other zymogen

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lipase

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pancreas secretes this

breaking down fats to free fatty acids

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bile

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complex fluid made of bile salts, bile pigments and cholesterol

produced by liver, stored in gall bladder => hormone CCK released by small intestin in response to moving chyme out stomach and into intestines => bile release into duodenum from gall bladder

pH between 7.5 and 8.8

alkaline to help neutralize acidity

gets fats into solution => inc. SA by placing in micelles (mech) => lipase hydrolyze ester bonds (chem dig)

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intestinal and pancreatic enzymes

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proper digestion and absorption

only monomeric form of organic compound absorbed by gut

w/o => would pass large intestine => digested by bac flora or expelled by body in feces

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bile salts

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made from cholesterol

not enzymes

not directly in chem digestion, but role in mech of fats => chem digestion of lipids

hydrophobiic and hydrophilic region => bridge between aq. and lipid environment

small intestine => fat emulsified (mix of two immiscible liquids)

w/o emulsify dietary fats and cholesterol into micelles => unable to keep in solution (water soluble pancreatic lipase found)

micelle expose surface to lipase

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maltase, lactase and sucrase (disac)

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digest disacc

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peptidase

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break down protein

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small intestine release these enzymes

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in duodenum => release disac, peptidases (also di), enterokinase, secretin, CCK

enzymes called brush border enzymes

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dipeptidases

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cleave pep bond of dipep to release monopep (free AA)

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secretin

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hormone cuasing pancreatic juice to be exuded from pancreas

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CCK

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hormone stimulating release of both pnacreatic juice and bile

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small intestine

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capable of digesting carbs and proteins

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mech control of digestive system

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bile released coor. w/ amount of fat ingested
-fatty meal => duodenum release entergasterone to slow momvement of chyme => greater time to digest fat

ANS:

  1. parasymp. division = stimulation (rest and digest)
  2. symp. division = inhibition (fight or flight)
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Small Intestine: Absorptive Functions

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most occur in jejunum and ileum

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Carbs and AA in Absorptive Functions

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simple sugars and AA absorbed by active transport and facilitated diffusion into epithelial cells lining of gut => intestinal capillaries

cap blood passing by epi cells in capillaries => carb and AA away from them => cap blood lower conc. => simple carb and AA diffuse from epi cell into cap => into liver via hepatic portal circulation

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hepatic portal circulation

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absorbed molecules go to liver from cap via

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Fats in Absorptive Functions

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fatty acids diffuse directly into intestinal capillaries

nonpolar => easily cell membrane

larger fats, glycerol, and cholesterol separately into intestinal cells => reform triglycerides => tri and esterified cholesterol package into chylomicrons => lymphatic circulation through lacteal => lacteal converge => lymphatic duct in neck region (thoracic duct) through venous circulation

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chylomicron

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tri and esterified cholesterol package into this => lymphatic circulation through lacteal

processed directly in bloodstream into low-density lipoprotein (LDL) (“bad cholesterol)

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LDL ( low-density lipoprotein)

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in excess => atheroscloerosis

taken up by liver => repackaged into high density lipoprotein (HDL, good), VLDL or more LDL

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types of vitamins

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fat and water soluble

65
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fat solubles vitamins (4)

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failure to digest => inhibit proper absorption => deficiency of vitamins (absorbed alongside fats)

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water soluble

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absorbed w/ water, AA, and carbs across endothelial cells => pass directly into plasma of blood

67
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large intestine

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final part of GI tract

primarily involved in water absorption (although overall water balance in body is controlled by kidneys) => feces are semisolid when reach rectum

larger than SI in diameter, however only 1.5 meters long (shorter)

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three majors sections of large intestine

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cecum, colon, and rectum

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cecum

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pocket w/o outlet that connects small and large intestine and contains appendix

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appendix

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cecum contains this

tiny structure once thought be to vestigal

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vestigal

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organ or limb no apparent function now but func some time in evo past

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colon

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absorb water and salts in undigested material small intestine

recycling system, pulling last bits of nutrients out of remaining waste products

too much or little water absorption => diarrhea or constipation

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rectum

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storage site for feces

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feces

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stored in rectum

indigestible material, water, bac, and certain digestive secretion that aren’t reabsorbed (enzymes and bile)

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anus

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opening where wastes are eliminated

two sphincters: internal and external

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internal sphincter

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part of anus

involuntary control (autonomic)

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external sphincter

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under voluntary control (somatic)

part of anus

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epi of skin

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origin is ectoderm

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epi of blood vessels

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origin is mesoderm

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epi of GI tract

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origin is endoderm

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salivary and pancreatic amylase

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have same function

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chemi digestion of carbs

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initiated in mouth, but completed in small intestine

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stomach secretes

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H+ (kills microbes, denatures proteins, converts pepsinogen into pepsin)

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stomach secretes

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pepsinogen (pepsin partially digests proteins)

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stomach secretes

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mucus (protects mucosa)

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stomach secretes

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bicarbonate (protects mucosa)

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stomach secretes

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water (dissolves and dilutes ingested material)

88
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stomach secretes

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instrinctic factor (required for normal absorption of vitamin b12)

89
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stomach secretes acronym

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