Enzymes

• Enzymes are biological catalysts, they speed up reactions without being used up or changed themselves.
• What is the job of amylase?

  •  breaks down starch into disaccharides and monosaccharides of glucose 
• What is the job of Lactase?

  • breaks down the disaccharide lactose found in milk 
• What is the job of Sucrase?

  breaks down sucrose (common table sugar)
• What is the job of protease?

  • breaks down proteins into amino acids 
• Name the three other digestive enzymes and there jobs

  • Pepsin : stomach enzyme that digest proteins 
  • Lipase : breaks down lipids into fatty acids + glycerol
  • Nuclease : breaks down DNA and RNA into nucleotides
• What does absorption do?

   Transporting useful substances to the digestive system 
• What is Assimilation?


  transporting and incorporating nutrients into body cells
• What is the Alimentary Canal?


  The organs which food passes through
• What are the accessory organs?

  organs that aid in digestion but do not directly transfer food