Digestion a. The mouth: salivary alpha enzyme chew food‚ perceive taste‚ moisten food with saliva‚ lubricate food with mucus‚ release starch –digesting (amylase) enzymes‚ initiate swallowing reflex - Enzyme: alpha amylase with cooked starch as substrate – starch digestion enzyme an enzyme that catalyses the breakdown of starch into sugar - The Functions of Saliva - 1. Moistens and lubricates food‚ permitting swallowing 2. Holds taste producing substances in solution and bring them in
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Starch From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Starch Identifiers CAS number 9005-25-8 EC-number 232-679-6 RTECS number GM5090000 Properties Molecular formula variable Molar mass variable Appearance white powder Density 1.5 g/cm3 Melting point decomp. Solubility in water none Hazards MSDS ICSC 1553 EU Index not listed Autoignition temperature 410 °C (verify) (what is: / ?) Except where noted otherwise‚ data are given for materials in their standard state
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mechanical and chemical digestion. (a) Ingestion (b) Digestion (c) Absorption (d) Assimilation (e) Egestion TASK 3: The process of digestion involves mechanical and chemical digestion along with the process of: 1. Ingestion 2. Digestion 3. Absorption 4. Assimilation 5. Egestion Using either a starch molecule or a fat molecule explain the journey from the mouth to the anus and indicate clearly points at which mechanical and chemical digestion are taking place:
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Title: Starch Aims 1. To identify starch in food. 2. To study the microscopic appearances of raw and heated starch. 3. To compare the viscosity of various gelatinized starch solutions. Introduction Starch is one of the most abundant substances on the earth. It can be found in seeds‚ grains‚ and roots of many crops where it is synthesized in granular form. Starch granules are packages of starch molecules. The importance of starch is well-known‚ as is its central role in human diet.
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Experiment 9. The action of saliva on starch Study the flow chart on p. 9.02 for a few minutes to gain an idea of the outline of the experiment. (a) Prepare a water bath by using a Bunsen burner to heat some water in a beaker on a tripod and gauze till it boils; then turn the flame down to keep the water just boiling. While waiting for the water to boil‚ carry on from (b). (b) Label eight test-tubes 1 - 8 and in tube 1 collect saliva as follows: (i) Thoroughly rinse the mouth with
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Human Digestion April 27th‚ 2014 SCI/241 Erica Leath The digestive system is a very interesting process that takes place after we have eaten a meal or a snack. The digestive system is responsible for breaking down the food that we have eaten and sending the nutrients to the different places in the body. The digestive is so amazing because it recognizes what your body needs and does not need and understands how to separate the two. Just like everything else in our body‚ the digestive
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2 Y Nutrition in Animals food into simpler substances is called digestion. You have studied in Class VI that food consists of many components. Try to recall and list them below: 1. ______________________ 2. ______________________ 3. ______________________ 4. ______________________ 5. ______________________ 6. ______________________ no t The components of food such as carbohydrates are complex substances. These complex substances cannot be utilised as such. So they are broken down into
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Week 7 Digestion Lecture Study Guide Based on information found in the lecture folder or other sources‚ answer the following questions. 1. What is digestion? Digestion is the mechanical and chemical breakdown of food into usable molecules 2. List some other names of the digestive tract. Alimentary Canal (GI Tract) 3. Explain where and how the mechanical breakdown of food occurs. Teeth begin digestion mechanically‚ Chewing (“mastication”) breaks apart food‚ 2 sets
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Dialysis of starch‚ glucose and sucrose Introduction: Research question: Does the dialysis tube only allow certain substances to pass through the pores because of their size? Dependent and Independent variables: Independent variables: The temperature of the classroom The size of the molecules The size of the pores in the tube The concentration of the indicators Dependent variables: The substance will either pass the pores of the tube or not The result will vary in darkness (color) Controlled
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EXPERIMENT 13 DIGESTION IN THE SMALL INTESTINES ------------------------------------------------- ABSTRACT The small intestine serves as the site of major digestive and absorptive processes. In this experiment‚ the action of pancreatic enzymes on representative samples of each food group under different conditions‚ such as increased/decreased pH and presence of other substances‚ were observed. A pancreatin solution was first prepared from a hog pancreas and was completely neutralized using
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