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Where are carbohydrates lipids and proteins broke down in the GI tract?
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∙ 9y ago
Carbohydrates and proteins are digested in the stomach. Carbs require several enzymes to be digested, such as the enzyme salivary amylase (secreted in the mouth); digestion ultimately occurs at the level of the stomach. Proteins are also digested in the stomach, but require a general class of enzymes called proteases in order to be digested. Lipids are digested in the duodenum, the first portion of the small intestine. The secretion of lipase enzymes is necessary to complete this task.
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What are carbohydrates fats and proteins broken down to in the small intestine?
Carbohydrates and fats are broken down in the digestive tract into the simple sugars, glucose, fructose, and galactose. The latter two can be converted by the body into glucose, which is distributed throughout the body via the bloodstream and is broken down into Carbon Dioxide and water in the mitochondria of cells. Proteins are broken down into their constituent amino acids, which are used to assemble new proteins throughout the body.
What enzymes are secreted in an earthworm's digestive tract?
ANSWERAnimals digest their food. The proteins carbohydrates and fat in food. are broken down into simple molecules.
Do food that passes through the digestive tract becomes less complex?
Yes. It is broken down into its comprising proteins, starches, carbohydrates, minerals, vitamins, etc...
What are the lipoproteins that carry absorbed lipids from the intestinal tract to the bloodstream?
Chylomicrons
What are the lipoproteins that carry absorbed lipids from the intestinal tract to the bloodstream called?
Chylomicrons
Which Two organs that secrete enzymes to help the digestive tract?
There are actually three organs that secrete digestive substances into the small intestine to help digest proteins, carbohydrates and fats. These organs are: - the liver - the pancreas - the gallbladder
How are chylomicrons metabolized?
Lipids are fats, that together with carbohydrates and proteins make up the main parts of cells in organic life. They are a fuel source. Cholesterol is a lipid. Fat takes longer to break down in the intestinal tract because it does not break down in water. The pancreas secretes an enzyme called lipase that helps to break the fat molecules down into smaller molecules to ease digestion and absorption by the body.
When dietary proteins undergo hydrolysis in your digestive tract what are they turned into?
Bile
Why does the influenza virus specifically infect cells of the respiratory tract?
by the spikes made of protein which are inserted into the lipid membrane of the cell.
What does protein get broken down into to use for energy?
Proteins are broken down into amino acids in digestive tract and then synthesis of new proteins.
What is the location along the GI tract responsible for most of the work that carbohydrates are digested?
small intestine
Which nutrients can be absorbed without first being digested in the human gastrointestinal tract?
The nutrients that do not need to be digested they have to be smaller than the cells of the small intestine. Some of these are sugars and amino acids.
