carbohydrates
digestion
absorption
things to know.
Bonus
100

Three simple carbohydrates

What is glucose, fructose, galactose?

100

a Protein used to break down food.

What is an enzyme?

100

Can all nutrients be absorbed?

What is no? What is an example?

100

The building blocks to carbohydrates.

What is Monosaccharides?

100

An example of an enzyme that does not end in "ase"

What is pepsin?

200

Two monosaccharides bonded together 

What is a disaccharide?

200

The acid in the stomach that helps break down nutrients.

What is hydrochloric acid?

200

The place where all unabsorbed nutrients go.

What is the large intestine? 

200

The elements in carbohydrates 

What is Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen?

200

a simple sugar found in most fruits 

What is fructose?

300

The component to Fiber our bodies can't break down

What is cellulose?

300

The organ that regulates blood sugar and secretes hormones into the body. 

What is the pancreas? 

300

2 factors that increase absorption in the small intestine.

What are rough curves and microvilli? 

300

What is the key component of a complex carbohydrate?

What is a polysaccharide? 

300

The specific chemical reaction that allows molecules to break apart.

What is a Hydrolysis reaction?

400

The simple sugars of Lactose

What is glucose and galactose? 

400

The main system that regulates the GI tract and keeps things moving.

What is the nervous system?

400

An example of why one might not be able to absorb a nutrient.

What is too much of another nutrient? What is body can't process it?

400

Different protein functions in the body.

What are enzymes, antibodies, Transportaion, storage, structure, hormones, etc.

400

The ending to terms that means break down.

What is "lysis"?

500

An example of a complex carbohydrate

What is starch? What is fiber?

500

Why do we need to produce bile in the digestion process?

Bile is the substance that emulsifies water and fat. Fat is highly hydrophobic as it is a nonpolar nutrient, this makes it harder to break down.

500

One nutrient we might want to absorb the most of as the greater population is deficient in it.

What is vitamin D? How would one achieve this?

500

The specific type of chemical reaction that allows two molecules to join together.

What is Dehydration reaction?

500

The ending to terms that means build up.

What is "nesis"?