Lab 14 Flashcards
(8 cards)
1
Q
Mechanical digestion
A
Chewing, stomach churning, segmentation
2
Q
Chemical digestion
A
Enzymes breaking bonds of molecules via hydrolysis
3
Q
Carb/starch digestion
A
Amylase breaks into simple sugars like Maltose, occurs in mouth and small intestine
4
Q
Lugol’s reagent
A
Iodine binds to starch and turns blue/ black, yellow if no starch
5
Q
Benedict’s reagent
A
Copper solution reacts with maltose in boiling water
Maltose present: red, orange, yellow, green
No maltose: blue
6
Q
Protein digestion
A
Pepsin breaks down proteins into amino acids, occurs in stomach
Proteins visible in tube amino acids are not
7
Q
Lipids
A
Broken down by lipase into fatty acids and glycerol, occurs in small intestine aided by bile
8
Q
Detecting fat digestion
A
More fatty acids decreases pH
