Digestive System Flashcards
1
Q
What is the digestive system?
A
A group of organs that work together to break down food. The nutrients in most of the food you eat are large molecules like lipids and protein
2
Q
What’s in digestive juices?
A
In your gut there is the digestive juice which contains enzymes. These are special proteins that can break large molecules of nutrients into small molecules
3
Q
What are the different types of enzymes?
A
Carbohydrase, protease and lipase
4
Q
What’s carbohydrase?
A
An enzyme that breaks down carbohydrates
5
Q
What’s protease?
A
An enzyme that breaks down proteins into amino acids
6
Q
What’s lipase?
A
Enzyme that breaks down lipids and other fat liquid
