BIOLOGY – HUMAN NUTRITION Worksheet 5

Name: ________________________ ( ) Class: _____

Date: _________________________

Digestion
Complete the following summary table. An example has been provided for
digestion which occurs in the mouth.

Region
Substance/s Describe any chemical Describe any physical
where Enzymes
secreted into digestion that takes digestion that takes
digestion secreted
this region place place
occurs
Mouth Saliva from Amylase Chewing action breaks
Starch is broken down
salivary down larger pieces of
into maltose by amylase
glands food into smaller pieces
Pepsin
(converted Proteins are broken
Stomach Gastric juice Churning action breaks
from down into shorter
from gastric down larger pieces of
pepsinogen polypeptide chains by
glands food into smaller pieces
to active form pepsin
by HCl)
Bile from the
liver Bile emulsifies fats – fats
No chemical digestion by
(secreted NA broken down into smaller
bile
through the fat globules
gall bladder)
Pancreatic Starch is broken down
NA
amylase into maltose by amylase
Trypsin
(converted
Proteins are broken
from
Pancreatic down into shorter
trypsinogen NA
juice from the polypeptide chains by
to active form
pancreas trypsin
by
Small enterokinase)
Fats are broken down
Pancreatic
intestine into fatty acids and NA
lipase
glycerol by lipase
Sucrose is broken down
Sucrase into glucose and NA
fructose
Lactose is broken down
Lactase into glucose and NA
Intestinal juice
galactose
from the
Maltose is broken down
intestinal Maltase NA
into glucose
glands
Polypeptides are broken
Peptidases NA
down into amino acids
Fats are broken down
Intestinal
into fatty acids and NA
lipase
glycerol by lipase