Protein
A protein is broken down into small parts in order to be absorbed. These smaller parts are best known as
What are amino acids
This is used for chemical digestion of carbohydrates in the oral cavity.
What is salivary amylase?
Bile salts perform this process on lipids to break them further into small pieces called micelles
What is emulsification?
This enzyme is known to play a role in the chemical digestion of proteins by breaking up the peptide bonds
What is protease?
Carbohydrates are broken down into this to be absorbed into the enterocyte
What are monosaccharides or simple sugars?
Once absorbed into the enterocyte, the lipids (in the form of a triglyceride) combine with a Golgi protein to create this molecule
What is a chylomicron?
This is the organ of the body where a majority of protein absorption occurs
What is the jejunum?
After carbohydrate absorption, glucose enters the liver and skeletal muscles where it is stored as this molecule when not needed
Once in the liver lipids are converted into this
This is the function in which a protein enters the enterocyte
What is co-transport/facilitated diffusion?
This is the hormone that is stimulated from GIP that allows the glucose to enter cells
What is insulin?
Once exocytosed out of the enterocyte, lipids enter the lacteal vessel which is part of what system?
What is the lymphatic system?
After protein is absorbed and into the blood vessel, this is the final place it ends up
What is the hepatic portal/liver?
This is the section of the small intestine that absorbs carbohydrates
What is the jejunum?
This is the point in the body where the lymph (which contains lipids) is drained into the left subclavian vein to circulate in the blood vessels
What is the thoracic duct?