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In biology what has digestive enzymes and breaks down particles?
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∙ 14y ago
If you are looking for an organ directly involved with food we eat, it would be the small intestine (with small amounts in the stomach and large intestine, but the primary function of the small intestine is this).
If you are talking chemicals (medicines or the stuff we get out of food) the most common site is the liver, but it is by no means the only site.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoThere are two types of digestion; mechanical breakdown and chemical breakdown. Mechanical breakdown is the physical breakdown of food while chemical breakdown is transforming larger molecules of food to their monomers. Enzymes aid in the chemical breakdown of food which takes place in the mouth, stomach, and small intestines. In the mouth, salivary glands produce the enzyme amylase which breaks down starch into sugar. The stomach contains gastric glands that produce gastric juice that begin the chemical digestion of protein. These gastric juices contain pepsinogen and hydrochloric acid. The hydrochloric acid activates pepsinogen and forms pepsin. Pepsin is a gastric protease and breaks down proteins into smaller polypeptides and amino acids. Finally the small intestines are responsible for the chemical breakdown of lipids by the enzyme lipase. The liver secretes bile which enters the small intestines to emulsify fat into smaller fat molecules. The pancreas secretes pancreatic fluid through a tube into the small intestines that contain enzymes such as amylase, protease, and lipase which breakdown starch, proteins, and lipids respectively. All the digested food enters the blood from the small intestines by finger-like projections known as villi. All the waste enters the large intestines where it can be disposed of by the body.
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∙ 14y agoAny organism that is a consumer. If it takes in energy in the form of organic material, then it has hydrolytic enzymes.
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∙ 9y agoThe organ that is filled with enzymes to break down food particles is the stomach. This is one part of the digestive system.
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∙ 11y agoDigestive enzymes break down the food we eat. There are enzymes for sugars, starches, fats, and proteins, even enzymes to digest nucleic acids.
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∙ 12y agoLysosomes
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What is the mechanical and chemical breaking up of fat into smaller particles that can more readily be acted upon by digestive enzymes?
Emulsification by bile breaks up the fat into smaller particles. This process increases the surface area that can be acted upon by digestive enzymes like lipase.
Why are enzymes catalysts?
Enzymes are cataysts because they also speeds up reaction.Enzymes also breaks down particles substances.Example of an enzyme that breaks down is,the enzymes amalzye.
Do digestive enzymes slow down digestion?
no it dont enzymes breaks down the large molecules into small molecules
What will happen if a lysosome breaks open?
Lysosomes contain powerful digestive enzymes and if they break open they would consume the cell itself.
Is bile a physical or chemical reaction?
The process of bile is a physical one because it does not contain any enzymes that breaks down any fats. Lipase is the enzyme that breaks down fats but bile is only an emulsifier, which is a physical process, that combines bile with the fats.
What is the mechanical and chemical breaking up of fat into smaller particles that can more readily be acted upon by digestive enzymes?
Emulsification by bile breaks up the fat into smaller particles. This process increases the surface area that can be acted upon by digestive enzymes like lipase.
What enzyme breaks down corn?
Digestive enzymes are enzymes that break down food into usable energy. The digestive enzyme that breaks down corn is called xylanese. Humans lack this enzyme.
What cell feature contain digestive enzymes which breaks down?
Lysosomes
Which organelles Breaks down worn-out organelles?
Lysosomes contain digestive enzymes and break down worn-out organelles.
Why are enzymes catalysts?
Enzymes are cataysts because they also speeds up reaction.Enzymes also breaks down particles substances.Example of an enzyme that breaks down is,the enzymes amalzye.
Do digestive enzymes slow down digestion?
no it dont enzymes breaks down the large molecules into small molecules
What type of enzyme are digestive enzyme?
things like amylase which breaks down carbohydrates and lipase which breaks down fat/lipids. these are some types of digestive enzymes
What will happen if a lysosome breaks open?
Lysosomes contain powerful digestive enzymes and if they break open they would consume the cell itself.
What digestion is accomplished by digestive enzymes?
enzymes have a shape which breaks down food intosmaller moleculeswhich can pass through the wall of the intestinewhichrelease (not produce) theenergy.
How does it digest?
The digestive system breaks down the food with enzymes and acids.Later the food turns into chyme and then finally feces.
What class or group of enzymes breaks down proteins?
The protease ensymes are digestive ensyme that break down protein.
Is bile a physical or chemical reaction?
The process of bile is a physical one because it does not contain any enzymes that breaks down any fats. Lipase is the enzyme that breaks down fats but bile is only an emulsifier, which is a physical process, that combines bile with the fats.
