Nutrient Digestion and Absorption (Carbohydrates and Protein)

Question 1

What are the 3 monosaccharides?

Answer 1

Glucose
Galactose
Fructose

Question 2

What are the joins involved in disaccharides?

Answer 2

alpha 1-6 glycosidic bonds

Question 3

What molecules make lactose?

Answer 3

galactose + glucose

Question 4

What molecules make sucrose?

Answer 4

fructose + glucose

Question 5

What molecules make maltose?

Answer 5

glucose + glucose

Question 6

What is the consequence of not having lactase?

Answer 6

Lactose remains in gut and pulls water out, diarrhoea

Question 7

What are the 3 main polysaccharides?

Answer 7

Starch
Cellulose
Glycogen

Question 8

What makes starch?

Answer 8

Alpha amylase

Amylopectin

Question 9

What is the difference between alpha amylase and amylopectin

Answer 9

Alpha amylase are glucose molecules linked in straight chains
Amylopectin are glucose molecules that are highly branched

Question 10

What are the bonds in starch?

Answer 10

Alpha 1-4 glycosidic bonds

Question 11

Describe cellulose

Answer 11

Unbranched, linear chains of glucose linked by beta 1-4 glycosidic bonds

Question 12

Describe glycogen

Answer 12

Storage form of glucose linked by alpha 1-4 glycosidic bonds

Question 13

What does SGLT1 transport?

Answer 13

Sodium and glucose into the cell

Question 14

What does GLUT2 transport?

Answer 14

Transports glucose and fructose into the blood

Question 15

What does GLUT5 transport?

Answer 15

Transports fructose into the cell

Question 16

Describe proteins

Answer 16

Polymers of amino acids linked together by peptide bonds

Question 17

What does SAAT1 transport?

Answer 17

Sodium and amino acids into the cell