The Process of Digestion Over the course of time there have been many difficult questions and theories about everyday life. Using physiology & chemistry‚ those questions have been able to be answered. From the mixture of gases in the air we breathe to the organic substance of plastic or paper‚ chemistry can be seen everywhere. However‚ most people mistook the power of chemistry in our own bodies. How is it that a simple slice of bread‚ once consumed‚ can turn into fuel for the human body
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Digestion and Nutrients Briana Smallwood The human body needs nutrients for it to survive. Nutrients are the fuel for the body to do work. It helps the body grow‚ provide protection from sickness and disease‚ function properly‚ and even live. There are many types and forms of nutrients that each do specific or multiple jobs. They are classified in six main groups. Carbohydrates‚ proteins‚ fats‚ vitamins‚ minerals and water are all the different groups. Proteins are nutrients that help build and
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PROCESS OF DIGESTION 1 Process of Digestion Amy Wallace EN 101 February 27‚ 2013 Miller-Motte Technical College PROCESS OF DIGESTION 2 Digestion is an important process needed for maintaining and providing energy to living organisms. Throughout the digestion process‚ food is broken down into small molecules‚ where it can be absorbed easily. There are many organs that aid
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EXPERIMENT NO. 12 DIGESTION IN THE STOMACH ABSTRACT____________________________________________________________________________ Digestion refers to the mechanical and chemical breakdown of food into smaller components that can undergo absorption. The objective of this experiment is to investigate mainly the process of digestion in the stomach. The conditions at which the enzymes responsible for the digestion process were determined. Also‚ the total and free acidity of gastric juice of the sample
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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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Carbohydrate Digestion • Tube 1 Digestion Lab – 3 ml water • Tube 2 – 3 ml 0.2% amylase • Tube 3 – 3 ml 0.2% amylase + 10 drops of 1.0M HCl • Tube 4 1 2 4 3 – 3 ml 0.2% amylase – place in hot water bath for 5 min Experiment #1: Carbohydrate Digestion • Add 5.0 ml starch solution to each tube • Incubate in 37°C bath for 1.5 hr • Divide contents of each tube evenly into 2 tubes – Lugol’s Test – Benedict’s Test Experiment #1: Carbohydrate Digestion • Lugol’s
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fragments. This step is made possible by the contraction of the muscle of the stomach‚ the muscularis. Composed of three layers of fibers arranged longitudinally‚ circular and oblique‚ it mixes and kneads the food. Then begins the chemical digestion. Only the digestion of proteins begins in the stomach. The mucosa contains glands that secrete gastric juices. Under normal conditions‚ the production of juices is 2 to 3 L per day. Hydrochloric acid and enzymes are also produced by cells of the stomach
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The digestion process The digestion process begins in the mouth. First we take a bite of food. The presccence of food in the mouth stimulates the flow of saliva from the salivary glands. Saliva moistens the food and carries dissolved food molecules to the taste buds. Saliva helps digest food because it contains enzymes that start to break it down. After the food is covered with saliva‚ you then begin to chew your food. Chewing breaks down food into smaller pieces and also breaks apart fiber that
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Energy in context Introduction Digestion is the breakdown of large insoluble food molecules into smaller molecules so they can pass though the intestinal wall into the bloodstream and be transported throughout the body. There are seven different food groups in a balanced diet which should include Carbohydrate‚ fat‚ water‚ protein‚ fibre‚ vitamins and minerals. Although most foods contain these in some shape or form the foods that contain most of one type fall into that category‚ a chicken
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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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