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Biology 3

Nutrition and Digestion In Humans

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Study of nutrients and how they are used by the body nutrition
Begins the breakdown of starch into maltose Saliva/salivary glands
Physical digestion: grinding and tearing occurs in the ... mouth
Waves of muscle contraction that push food through digestive tract Peristalsis
Continues physical breakup of food, begins breaking up protein into polypeptides, and acts as a storage area for food before releasing into intestine Stomach
Food becomes ____, an acidic liquid mixture, after churning chyme
Completes chemical digestion of food Small intestine
____ produces bile Liver
Bile is stored in the ____, which later empties it into the small intestine via the common bile duct Gallbladder
___ ___ break up fats into small globules Bile salts
fats become small globules emulsification
Secretes digestive fluids into the small intestine pancreas
Enzyme in mouth: starch > maltose Salivary amylase
Enzyme in stomach: proteins > polypeptides Pepsin
Enzyme in small intestine: stach > disaccharides Pancreatic amylase
Enzyme in S.I.: proteins > polypeptides Proteases
E in S.I.: polypeptides > amino acides Peptidases
E in S.I.: fats > fatty acids and glycerol Lipases
Es in S.I.: disaccharides > monosaccharides maltase, lactase, sucrase
Fingerlike projections that increase intestine's absorptive area villi
Monitors glucose level by converting excess glucose to glycogen liver
Regulates levels of amino acids liver
absorbs water to make poop large intestine
Friendly bacteria live here large intestine
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