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What are The functions of the digestive enzymes amylase and pepsin and what are the roles that hydrochloric acid and bile play in digestion?
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∙ 15y ago
amylase helps you digest carbohydrates into simple sugar so that our cells can use them for energy pepsin is used to digest protein and the are absorbed into the bloodstream from the small intestine pepsin is made out of hydro chlorine acid and pepsi
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∙ 12y agoHydrochloric acid helps break down food molecules and bile helps break up fats and other lipids.
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What are the functions of the chemical digestion in animals?
Chemical digestion begins in the mouth with the secretion of saliva from three pairs of salivary glands. Saliva contains the digestive enzyme salivary amylase.
What do enzymes have to do with the digestive system?
Enzymes such as salivary amylase help break down starches and carbohydrates during digestion.
WHICH IS THE FIRST ENZYME TO MIX WITH FOOD IN THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM?
Amylase is the first enzyme to mix with food in the digestive system. It is present in the saliva and help in the digestion of starch.
What chemicals or enzymes help break down food in the oesophagus?
Amylase is a digestive enzyme in your mouth and is the first of many that contribute to digestion.
What enzyme is used to digest starch?
Digestion of starch and other carbohydrates begins in the mouth with an enzyme called salivary amylase.
Is salivary amylase mechanical or chemical digestion?
no, amylase is for carbohydrates. For proteins it's protease :)
Whats is a salivary glands?
Salivary Glands secrete saliva. They have digestive functions: plus their product binds food together,and begins digestion of carbohydrates. They also include a mild antibiotic. They make the enzyme salivary amylase which breaks polysaccharides into disaccharides and starch into disaccharides.
Digestive juices in the digestive tract include?
Mechanical digestion is the same thing as chewing, or mastication. It does not need any digestive juices, because that is considered chemical digestion. Chemical digestion in the mouth during chewing is mainly by the aid of saliva which has, among other enzymes, salivary amylase which initiates carbohydrate digestion.
What chemicals are involved in digestion?
That is a good question! In your stomach, you have very strong hydrochloric acid to assist the digestion. From the third part of duodenum onward, you have alkaline medium to digest the food. Sodium bicarbonate is there in small intestine. You have various enzymes to assist the digestion. You have amylase or ptyalin in your saliva for carbohydrates. You have pepsin in your stomach for digestion of proteins. You have trypsin and chymotrypsin in the intestine to digest the polypeptides from proteins. You have amylase, maltase, lactase, sucrase etc to digest the various types of carbohydrates in the small intestine. You have lipase and bile salts to digest the fats in the small intestine.
The digestive enzyme amylase is normally secreted into which two regions of the digestive tract?
The digestive enzyme-amylase is secreted in two regions of the digestive tract.i.e.(1) salivary amylase by salivary glands in the buccal cavity.(2) pancreatic amylase by pancreas in the duodenum.
What digestive juice is made by glands in the mouth?
Salivary amylase, which starts the breakdown of carbohydrates Saliva, in your mouth helps with the grinding and digestion of carbohydrate food.
What are the different functions of the pancreas and how is the pancreas directly related to digestion?
pancreas makes enzymes and hormones such as insulin and glucagon for the body. It secretes digestive enzymes such as amylase which digests starch. It also produces lipase (which breaks down fats) and trypsin (which is a protein processor).
