1. Digestion and Absorption of Nutrients Review Questions 1-23

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3. 8. 9.

4. 10. Which nutrients require digestion?
Breaks down
Carbohydrates (starch and sugar) → single sugar molecules
Proteins → amino acids
Fats → fatty acids, glycerol

5. 11. What is the name of the process?
Muscular contractions that move food along throughout GI tract

6. 12. What do you think the common name of a digestive problem that is caused by gastric juices moving up the esophagus?
Heartburn

7. 13. What is the name of the food that you digested in the stomach as it prepares to enter small intestine?
Chyme

8. 14. What are the end products of digestion of carbohydrates?
Polysaccharides → monosaccharides

9. 15. What are the end products of digestion of proteins?
Proteins → amino acids

10. 16. What are the end products of digestion of fats?
Fats → glycerol, fatty acids

11. 17. Where does the absorbed nutrients that entered the blood go to be sorted?
Blood → liver → general circulation
Liver detoxifies and repackages

12. 18. Where is water reabsorbed back into the body?
Large Intestine

13. 19. What are the names of the digestive system accessory organs (food does not enter these organs)?
Salivary glands
Pancreas
Gallbladder
Liver

14. 20. What is the name of the enzyme in saliva that helps to break down carbohydrates?

15. 21. What is the name of the organ that releases trypsin, amylase, lipase and other enzymes into the small intestine?
The Pancreas

16. 22. What does the liver make and the gallbladder store?
bile (fat digestion)

17. 23. Where can you find the structures below?

18. Digestion and Absorption of Nutrients Review Questions 1-23 ANSWERS

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20. 8.
9. Rectum/Anus

21. 10. Which nutrients require digestion?
Breaks down
Carbohydrates (starch and sugar) → single sugar molecules
Proteins → amino acids
Fats → fatty acids, glycerol

22. 11. What is the name of the process?
Muscular contractions that move food along throughout GI tract
Peristalsis

23. 12. What do you think the common name of a digestive problem that is caused by gastric juices moving up the esophagus?
Heartburn

24. 13. What is the name of the food that you digested in the stomach as it prepares to enter small intestine?
Chyme

25. 14. What are the end products of digestion of carbohydrates?
Polysaccharides → monosaccharides

26. 15. What are the end products of digestion of proteins?
Proteins → amino acids

27. 16. What are the end products of digestion of fats?
Fats → glycerol, fatty acids

28. 17. Where does the absorbed nutrients that entered the blood go to be sorted?
Blood → liver → general circulation
Liver detoxifies and repackages

29. 18. Where is water reabsorbed back into the body?
Large Intestine

30. 19. What are the names of the digestive system accessory organs (food does not enter these organs)?
Salivary glands
Pancreas
Gallbladder
Liver

31. 20. What is the name of the enzyme in saliva that helps to break down carbohydrates?
Amylase

32. 21. What is the name of the organ that releases trypsin, amylase, lipase and other enzymes into the small intestine?
The Pancreas

33. 22. What does the liver make and the gallbladder store?
bile (fat digestion)

34. 23. Where can you find the structures below? Small intestine