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When your body breaks down lipids what less complex substances does it get?
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Some are broken down into less complex carbon chains eventually turned into glucose or another energy source.
Some contain glycerol which is also broken down by the body.
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What are the 4 organic substances found in your body and needed in your body?
The 4 organic substances found in your body are carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids
Which organ of your body breaks and destroys substances?
kidney
What in your body breaks down food into simple substances?
enzyme
Which structure is responsible for the restriction of movement of large complex substances into the bloodstream of your body?
The structure that is responsible for the restriction of movement of large complex substances into the bloodstream of your body is the brain.
Which system of the body takes in materials and breaks then down into simpler substances that the body can use?
The Digestive System breaks down the materials and uses them later on in the body function
What is reffered as chemical substances that nourish the body?
You think probable to proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, vitamins etc.
The process by which the body breaks down substances and gets energy from food?
the dijestive sysem
What functions do proteins carbohdrates lipids and nucleic acids perform?
The main substances found in every cell are a combination of lipids, carbohydrates, nucleic acids and proteins. Each of these substances plays a different role in the body, and all of them must either come from the diet or be manufactured using other chemicals in the body.
What body part breaks down food?
In your mouth, saliva from your salivary glands chemically breaks down carbohydrates and lipids. Your stomach chemically breaks down food with hydrochloric acid and makes the food soupy. Enzymes and other substances continue the break down of food in the small intestine. So, food is chemically broken down in the mouth, stomach, and small intestine.
What conversion of simple compounds into more complex substances needed by the body is known as?
catabolism
Why does most of the food you eat need to be digested?
All food contains complex substances such as carbohydrates, proteins and fats. The body cannot utilise these substances in their complex form. The food consumed is broken down into simpler substances by a procedss called digestion. The digested food can be easily absorbed by the body.
What substances give your body energy and materials for growth?
Food.
