Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Digestion
- salivary gland
- amylase
- used in the mouth to convert starch into maltose
- which is broken down in the small intestine
- saliva
- lubricates food for oesophagus
- stomach
- protease
- converts protein into amino acids
- hydrochloric acid
- makes the stomach it a low ph best for protease
- oesophogus
- pushes muscles into food
- liver
- produces bile
- stored in gall bladder
- emulsifies fat
- large intestine
- absorbs excess water and salts
- pancreas
- amylase
- protease
- lipease
- small intestine
- protease
- breakdown of proteins continue from the stomach
- lipease
- breakdown of fats into fatty acids and glycerol
- amylase
- converts stach into simple sugars
- maltase to convert maltose into simple sugars like glucose