Digestion

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What does physical digestion include?
Chewing food in your mouth, and squeezing food in your stomach to break it down into smaller pieces
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What does chemical digestion use and why?
Enzymes to break down large insoluble molecules into smaller soluble molecules
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What enzyme is used in the mouth?
Carbohydrase
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What do carbohydrase break down?
Carbohydrates (eg.starch into sugar)
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What enzyme is used in the stomach?
Protease
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What do protease break down?
Proteins into amino acids
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What enzymes are used in the small intestine?
Carbohydrase, protease and lipase
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What do lipase break down?
Fats into fatty acids and glycerol
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What is the use of hydrochoric acid?
It creates the correct pH that helps the enzymes protease to work effectively
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Why does your body produce bile?
To emulsify fat droplets which are hard to digest
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How is the small intestine adapted for the efficient absorption of food?
It's long, has thin lining, large surface area, permeable surface and rich blood supply
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