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53 Cards in this Set
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glucose, frutose and galactose are all ___
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monosaccharides
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sucrose maltose and lactose are all ____
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disaccharides
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startches are mono or poly saccharides?
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polysaccharides
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what is a plant starch that is a major source of carbohydrates, (make up 70-80% of starches)contain linear branched glucose polymers and is easily digested?
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amylopectin
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_____-20-30% of starches, contain linear glucose polymers, prone to to form resistant starch (not easily digested)
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amylose
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what type of carbohydrate is a non-starchy polysaccharides, cellulose in human diet, and humans cannot digest
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dietary fiber
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the digestion of carbs occurs by a process called?
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hydrolysis
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carbs in diet exist as __ or ___
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polysaccharides or diasaccarides
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monosaccharides bind to each other by __-
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condensation
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saliva contaings what that hydrolyzes starch into maltose and glucose?
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alpha amylase
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__% of starch is hydrolyzed in the mouth
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5%
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digestion of carbs in the stomach:
30-40% of starch is hydrolyzed to ___ |
maltose
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digestion of carbs in the stomach:
salivary amylase is active or inactive at low pH |
inactive
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digestion of carbs in the small intestine:
____ amylase is identical in funtion to salivary amylase |
pancreatic
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digestion of carbs in the small intestine:
which is more powerful, pancreatic or salivary amylase |
pancreatic
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digestion of carbs in the small intestine:
amost complete digestion within __-___ minutes after chyme empties into the duodenum |
15-30 minutes
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digestion of carbs in the small intestine:
digestion products are ___ and/or __ |
maltose and/or glucose polymers
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digestion of maltose and glucose polymers:
intetinal epithelial enzymes: _____-lining the microvilli brush border |
enterocytes
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digestion of maltose and glucose polymers:
intetinal epithelial enzymes: wat are the 4 enzymes secreted by enterocytes in the lining of the microvilli brush border |
lactase, sucrase, maltase, alpha-dextrinase
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Digestion of maltose and glucose polymers in small intestine:
maltose and glucose polymer broken down into glucose by what enzyme? |
maltase and alpha-dextrinase
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Digestion of maltose and glucose polymers in small intestine:
when lactose is attacked by the enzyme lactase, lactose is broken down into ___ and ___ |
glucose and galactose
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Digestion of maltose and glucose polymers in small intestine:
sucrose is broken down into ___ and ___ by the enzyme sucrase |
fructose and glucose
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Digestion of maltose and glucose polymers in small intestine:
is absorbed into ___ |
portal duct (blood)
(not the thoracic duct like fat) |
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absorption of glucose
Na enters via a cotransporter with ___ |
glucose
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___ has a cotransport process but not Na/Gulcose
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frutose
frutose goes into the cell and phosphorylated and become glucose, passes through the basolateral membrane and is absorbed |
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absorption of glucose:
secondary active transport relies on __ gradient |
Na
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digestion of proteins:
occurs via a process called? |
hydrolysis
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digestion of proteins:
proteins exist as multiple ___ bound by __ linkages |
amino acids bound by peptide linkages
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digestion of proteins in the stomach:
what cells release pepsinogen which is converted to pepsin? |
cheif cells
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digestion of proteins in the stomach:
at what pH is pepsin active? |
pH of 2-3
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digestion of proteins in the stomach:
in the stomach, pepsin only digest __ -___% of dietary protein |
10-20 %
really only amino acids and small peptides, and collagen are digested |
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digestion of proteins in the small intestine:
name the 4 proteolytic enzymes from pancreatic secretion: |
Trypsin and chymotrypsin
(split proteins into small polypeptides) carboxypolypeptidase (cleaves individual amino acids from the carboxyl ends of the polypeptide) elastase (digest elastin fibers that hold meats together) |
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digestion of proteins in the small intestine:
what is the enzyme that cleaves individual amino acids from the carboxyl ends of the polypeptide |
carboxypolypeptidase
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digestion of proteins in the small intestine:
what two enzymes split protein into small polypeptides? |
trypsin and chymotrypsin
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digestion of peptides in the enterocytes:
what are two types of peptidases? |
aminopolypeptidase and dipeptidase
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digestion of peptides in the enterocytes:
what three types of peptides are transported into the cell |
tripeptides, dipeptides, and amino acids are transported into the cell
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99% of digested protein products are ___
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amino acids
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absorption of proteins:
proteins are absorped as __,__, and __ |
dipeptides, tripeptides and amino acids
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absorption of proteins:
absorbed with ___ cotransport mechanism |
Na
like carbohydrate absorption (sodium cotransport mechanism) bur the transporters are specific for amino acids and there are 5 of them |
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Digestion of fats:
__ and __ emulsify fats |
lecthin and bile acids
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digestion of fats:
bile acids accelerate fat digestion by forming ___ |
micells
micells transport digested fat products to brush border of intestinal epithelial cells |
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micells transport digested fat products to ____of intestinal epithelial cells
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brush border
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___ transport digested fat products to brush border of intestinal epithelial cells
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micells
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Digestion of fat:
types of fat in the diet: __, ___, __ |
triglycerides, cholesterol,
cholesterol esters and phospholipids |
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Digestion of fat:
types of fat in the diet: what is the must abundant fat in the diet |
triglycerides
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Digestion of fat:
types of fat in the diet: what fat contains fatty acids? |
cholesterol esters and phospholipids
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Digestion of fat:
types of fat in the diet: what type of fat consists of glycerol nucleus and three fatty acid side chains |
triglycerides
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Digestion of fat:
types of fat in the diet: what type of fat does not contain fatty acids? |
cholesterol
it is a sterol compound with no fatty acid derived from fat metabolized similiarly to fats |
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digestion of fats in the intestine:
a large amount of fat is digested by lingual lipase secreted in saliva t/f |
false, a small amount of fat is digested by lingual lipase secreted by the saliva
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digestion of fats inthe intestine:
emulsification of fats begins in the ___ and most occurs in the ___ |
stomach duodenum
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___ and ___ emulsify fats
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lecithin and bile acids
decrease interfacial tension of fat allow breakdown by agitation increase surface area |
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lecithin and bile acids emulsify fats:
they increase interfacial tension of fat t/f |
false
they decrease interfacial tension of fat |
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lecithin and bile acids emulsify fats:
they increase the surface area of fat T/F |
true
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