Digestion

• What is digestion?


  the breakdown of large nutrients
• What does protein break down into?

  Amino acids
• What does carbohydrates break down into?

  Glucose
• What does fats(Lipids) breakdown into?

  glycerol + fatty acids
• Each nutrients is broken down by a specific ______?

  Enzyme
• Protease is?


  Protein
• Carbohydrate is?


  Carbohydrase
• Lipase is?

  Lipids (Fat)
• What are the 3 main enzymes?

  Protease

  Carbohydrase

  Lipase
• What does teeth do?

  mechanically break down food
• What do salivary glands produce?

  Amylase
• Oesophagus joins the mouth to the?

  Stomach
• What does hydrochloric acid do in the stomach?

  used to kill harmful bacteria
• Muscular walls in the stomach do what?


  Churn the food
• What is churning?


  mechanically breaks down
• The liver produces?


  Bile
• Where is bile stored?

  the gall bladder
• What produces all types of enzymes?

  The pancreas
• Food is absorbed the blood at the small intestine
• Water is absorbed the blood at the large intestine
• Good bacteria lives in the intestine
• The process of breaking down complex carbohydrates into simple sugars is primarily carried out by which enzyme?

  Amylase