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The first structures involved in digesting carbohydrates are the tongue, teeth & jaws. * Jaw muscles move the teeth * Teeth grind up the food into smaller particles, exposing more surface area to salivary amylase - a digestive enzyme present in the saliva which break down complex carbohydrates into shorter polysaccharides. * The tongue is a muscular structure: it moves the food around the mouth so that all the teeth can work on it, mixes the food with the amylase & with saliva (for lubrication) & forms it into a bolus (bit like a slimy ball) & finally forces the food to the back of the mouth ready for swallowing.
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What is the effect of pytalin?
It is an enzyme essential for digesting carbohydrates. It appears in our saliva and is activated when we chew. It is an enzyme essential for digesting carbohydrates. It appears in our saliva and is activated when we chew.
Which foods begin digesting in your mouth?
carbohydrates aka sugars
Are enzymes found in proteins carbohydrates lipids or nucleic acids?
Enzymes for digesting lipids, or fats, are called lipases. Enzymes for digesting proteins are called proteases. Enzymes for digesting carbohydrates are called amylases. Note that there are many different types of each of the above enzymes.
How do carnivorous plants survive in their environment?
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These structures clean the cell by digesting harmful substances or holding them separate from the rest of the cell?
lysosomes
What enzyme does the majority of digesting lipids?
Most lipids that you consume in your diet are fats some digestion occurs that allows lipase a fat -digesting pancreatic enzyme to aid in digestion.
What is the job of a Carbohydrates?
Carbohydrates are primarily used as an energy source for the body. They also aid with short term energy storage.
What is cause of acidity in human beings?
I am not sure what you are asking, but acid is produced in the stomach to aid in digesting raw meat.
Carbohydrates are needed to spare protein in the body?
Yes. When the body needs energy, it digests carbohydrates and sugars at first. If none are available, it begins to digest your fat. And if that isn't available, it begins digesting protein.
What type of organic compound serves to give plants their ridged structures?
Carbohydrates
How does it help in digesting food the premolar?
Chewing food releases digestive juices into the mouth - which aid in breaking down the food.
How does it help in digesting food premolar?
Chewing food releases digestive juices into the mouth - which aid in breaking down the food.
