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Where are carbs digested?
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mouth, and duodenum
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What type of carb is digested in the mouth? Explain the process.
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-starch
-starch is broken down into small glucose polymers by the salivary enzyme amylase..this process is called hydrolysis |
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What aprt of the digestive system is where carbs are not broken down?
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stomach
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What happens to carbs in the duodenum?
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the small glucoce polymers are broekn down into disaccharides by the enzyme pancreatic amylas
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Once the sm glucose polymers are broken down into disaccahrides, what happens to the disaccharides?
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the disaccharid is then absorbed by linign of the gut to be put in the blood stream by the enzyme disaccharase
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