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The breaking of chemical bonds in molecules of food which takes place with the help of enzymes is |
chemical digestion |
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What refers to the breakdown of undigestible nutrients by microorganisms living symbiotically in a segment of the digestive tract, like how cellulose is digested by bacteria? |
fermentive digestion |
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What refers to the wavelike contraction of smooth muscle along the length of a hollow tube and refers to how food is moved from one part of the GI tract to another? |
peristalsis |
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What refers to the physical breaking of large food particles into small food particle without breaking any chemical bonds, like what happens in chewing? |
Mechanical Digestion |
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Where does gastric lipase work and what does it digest? |
stomach/fats |
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What role does bile play in digestion? |
Emulsification of fat |
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Where does maltase work and what does it digest? |
small intestines/maltose |
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Where does pancreatic amylase work and what does it digest? |
small intestines/starch |
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Where does pancreatic lipase work and what does it digest? |
small intestines/fats |
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Where does pepsin work and what does it digest? |
stomach/large proteins |
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Where does peptidase work and what does it digest? |
small intestines/short peptides |
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Where does salivary amylase work and what does it digest? |
mouth/starch |
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Where does salivary lipase work and what does it digest? |
mouth/fats |
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Where does sucrase work and what does it digest? |
small intestines/sucrose |
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Where does trypsin work and what does it digest? |
small intestines/large proteins |
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What types of stomachs are there? |
Ruminant Monogastric |
