State the order that food travels through the digestive system starting with the mouth.
The baggie represents the stomach. What is the function of the stomach?
secrete saliva and start the breakdown of carbohydrates
remove water
absorb nutrients
break down food into smaller pieces and start the breakdown of proteins
Using your hands to physically break down the break represents the digestion that occurs in the stomach. The physical breakdown of food into smaller pieces is an example of?
mechanical digestion
chemical digestion
Where is salivary amylase produced?
esophagus
stomach
mouth
small intestine
Salivary amylase breaks down
carbohydrate
lipids
proteins
nucleic acids
What enzyme in the stomach breaks down proteins?
amylase
pepsin
sucrase
lipase
Where is peptidase produced?
stomach
small intestine
pancreas
mouth
What is the function of peptidase?
to break down carbohydrates
to break down lipids
to break down nucleic acids
to break down proteins
Sucrase and intestinal lipase are produced in the
gallbladder
small intestine
large intestine
pancreas
What is the function of sucrase?
to break down lipids
to break down proteins
to break down nucleic acids
to break down carbohydrates
What is the function of intestinal lipase?
to break down lipids
to break down proteins
to break down nucleic acids
to break down carbohydrates
Where is bile produced?
pancreas
gallbladder
small intestine
spleen
What is the function of bile?
to break down lipids into fat droplets
to break down disaccharides into monosaccharides
to break down secondary protein structures into primary structures
to break down nucleic acids into nucleotides
After spending time in the stomach food looks like a white creamy paste. What is the name for this white creamy paste?