Enzymes And Digestion Flashcards

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Catalyst

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Something that makes a chemical reaction happen more quickly without itself being changed

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Enzyme

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A biological catalyst

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Protein

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One of the many substances found in food such as meat that is necessary for the body to grow

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Substrate

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A substance or surface that an organism grows and lives on and is supported by

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Active site

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A specific region of an enzyme where a substrate binds and catalysis takes place

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Activation energy

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The least amount of energy required to activate atoms or molecules to a state in which they can undergo a chemical reaction

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Denaturation

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The process in which proteins or nuclei acids lose the quaternary structure

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Oesophagus

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The tube in the body that takes food from the mouth to the stomach

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Stomach

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An organ where food is digested, or the soft front part of your body

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Duodenum

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The first part of the vowels just below the stomach

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Gall bladder

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Gall bladder a small organ in the body like a bag connected to the lover which stores bile

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Bile duct

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The tube from the liver and gall bladder through which bile passes into the small intestine

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Pancreas

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An organ in the body that produces insulin and substances that help to digest good so that it can be used by the body

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Ileum

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The last and narrowest part of the small intestine where substances from food are absorbed

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Colon

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The lower and bigger Hal of the bowels in which water in removed from solid waste

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Peristalsis

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The repeated movements made by the muscle walls in the digestive tract tightening and then relaxing, which push food and waste through the body

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Digestion

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The process by which your body digests food or your ability to digest food

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Carbohydrase

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Any enzyme that causes a chemical reaction that helps the body to digest carbohydrate

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Amylase

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An enzyme in saliva, plants, and I’m the pancreas that helps change starch into sugar

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Maltase

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An enzyme that helps maltose change to glucose

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Protease

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An enzyme which causes proteins to break into smaller pieces

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Pepsin

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An enzyme that breaks down protein in food in the stomach and is produced by glands there

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Trypsin

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A digestive enzyme which breaks down proteins in the small intestine, secreted by the pancreas

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Peptidase

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An enzyme which breaks down peptides into amino acids

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Lipase
A pancreatic enzyme that catalysed the breakdown of fats to fatty acids and glycerol
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Bile
A bitter alkaline fluid which aids digestion and is secreted by the liver and stored in the gall bladder
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Emulsification
The breakdown of large fat globules into smaller, uniformly distributed particles
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Villi
Tiny, finger like projections that enable the small intestine to absorb nutrients from food
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Microvilli
My of the minute hairlike structures projecting from the surface of certain types of epithelial cells
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Lacteals
Of or resembling milk
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Enzyme
Proteins that catalyse biochemical reactions
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How enzymes work
- substrate binds to active site | - enzyme substrate forms complex shape