enzymes & digestion

• | digestive enzymes

  • breaks down BIG MOLECULES
  • starch, proteins & fats
  • so they're broken down into smaller ones like sugars, amino acids, fatty acids & glycerol
  • soluble & can pass easily through the walls of digestive systems, allowing them to be absorbed into the BLOODSTREAM
• | carbohydrases converts carbs -> simple sugars

  • amylase is made in...
  • the salivary gland
  • the pancreas
  • the small intestine

  A) starch

  B) amylase

  
• | proteases convert proteins -> amino acids

  • made in
  • stomach
  • pancreas
  • small intestine

  A) protease

  B) amino acids

  C) proteins