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Chemical digestion of polymers refers to the breakdown of complex macromolecules, such as proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids, into their smaller monomer units through enzymatic reactions. This process typically occurs in the digestive system, where specific enzymes target the chemical bonds within these polymers, facilitating their conversion into absorbable molecules like amino acids, simple sugars, and fatty acids. This breakdown is essential for nutrient absorption and energy production in living organisms.
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What is another name for the chemical digestion of polymer?
Hydrolysis is another name for the chemical digestion of polymers. This process involves breaking down large molecules into smaller units using water molecules.
What are the types of digestion?
Chemical digestion and mechanical digestion
Is digestion a physical or chemical change?
Its a chemical change.
What does your body meed to break down polymers into monomers?
When polymers are broken down into monomers, the body uses those monomers for a number of activities. Some of them include protein construction and respiration. The process of polymers breaking down to monomers is called hydrolysis.WRITEN BY: oneofthem:
What type of chemical reaction connects polymers together?
The type of chemical reaction that connects polymers together is dehydration synthesis.
What does digestion break carbohydrates into?
Carbohydrates are sugar polymers, digestion breaks the polymer into its monomers, simple sugars like glucose.
What stage of metabolism involves the digestion of large food polymers?
Degradation and some oxidation to smaller molecules
Is pancreatic lipase mechanical or chemical digestion?
No, the pancreas is involved in chemical digestion, as it secretes enzymes which catalyze the breakdown of food molecules.
Where is the start of chemical digestion?
the start of chemical digestion is the mouth and ends in the small intestine. This is true and the saliva has the power of the chemical digestion
Are polymers formed by chemical changes?
yes, they have chemical bonds therefore chemical change is used
Where does chemical and mechanical digestion take place?
what is responsible for chemical digestion in earthworms
Is absorption mechanical or chemical digestion?
does absorption occur when mechanical or chemical digestion
