Digestion and Absorption of Nutrients Review Questions 1-23
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10. Which nutrients require digestion? Breaks down Carbohydrates (starch and sugar) → single sugar molecules Proteins → amino acids Fats → fatty acids, glycerol
11. What is the name of the process? Muscular contractions that move food along throughout GI tract
12. What do you think the common name of a digestive problem that is caused by gastric juices moving up the esophagus? Heartburn
13. What is the name of the food that you digested in the stomach as it prepares to enter small intestine? Chyme
14. What are the end products of digestion of carbohydrates? Polysaccharides → monosaccharides
15. What are the end products of digestion of proteins? Proteins → amino acids
16. What are the end products of digestion of fats? Fats → glycerol, fatty acids
17. Where does the absorbed nutrients that entered the blood go to be sorted? Blood → liver → general circulation Liver detoxifies and repackages
18. Where is water reabsorbed back into the body? Large Intestine
19. What are the names of the digestive system accessory organs (food does not enter these organs)? Salivary glands Pancreas Gallbladder Liver
20. What is the name of the enzyme in saliva that helps to break down carbohydrates?
21. What is the name of the organ that releases trypsin, amylase, lipase and other enzymes into the small intestine? The Pancreas
22. What does the liver make and the gallbladder store? bile (fat digestion)
23. Where can you find the structures below?
Digestion and Absorption of Nutrients Review Questions 1-23 ANSWERS
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8. 9. Rectum/Anus
10. Which nutrients require digestion? Breaks down Carbohydrates (starch and sugar) → single sugar molecules Proteins → amino acids Fats → fatty acids, glycerol
11. What is the name of the process? Muscular contractions that move food along throughout GI tract Peristalsis
12. What do you think the common name of a digestive problem that is caused by gastric juices moving up the esophagus? Heartburn
13. What is the name of the food that you digested in the stomach as it prepares to enter small intestine? Chyme
14. What are the end products of digestion of carbohydrates? Polysaccharides → monosaccharides
15. What are the end products of digestion of proteins? Proteins → amino acids
16. What are the end products of digestion of fats? Fats → glycerol, fatty acids
17. Where does the absorbed nutrients that entered the blood go to be sorted? Blood → liver → general circulation Liver detoxifies and repackages
18. Where is water reabsorbed back into the body? Large Intestine
19. What are the names of the digestive system accessory organs (food does not enter these organs)? Salivary glands Pancreas Gallbladder Liver
20. What is the name of the enzyme in saliva that helps to break down carbohydrates? Amylase
21. What is the name of the organ that releases trypsin, amylase, lipase and other enzymes into the small intestine? The Pancreas
22. What does the liver make and the gallbladder store? bile (fat digestion)
23. Where can you find the structures below? Small intestine