The Digestive System
- Created by: chickpeatweet
- Created on: 16-11-14 14:47
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- Digestive System
- Mouth
- Salivary Glands
- Oesophagus
- Stomach
- Pancreas
- Small Intestine
- Large Intestine
- Rectum
- Egestion takes place
- Absorbs water
- Rectum
- Large Intestine
- Pancreatic juice - proteases, amylase + lipase
- Small Intestine
- Enzymes digest and mucus protects stomach
- Pancreas
- Stomach
- amylase breaks down starch - maltose
- Oesophagus
- Salivary Glands
- Chemical digestion - carried out by enzymes
- Process of hydrolysis
- Enzymes
- Carbohydrases
- carbohydrates - monosaccharides
- Lipases
- lipids - glycerol + fatty acids
- Proteases
- proteins - amino acids
- Carbohydrases
- Assimilation
- When small boken down molecules are synthesised and used in other processes
- Mouth
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