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Salivary amylase - ANS ✓component of saliva that starts the digestion of starch
in the mouth
Duodenum - ANS ✓Chyme moves through the pyloric sphincter into the
duodenum the first section of the small intestine.
Secretin - ANS ✓hormone that is released when food reaches the small intestine
that causes the pancreas to release sodium bicarbonate to neutralize chyme
Cholecystokinin (cck) - ANS ✓triggers gallbladder to release bile for the
digestion of fat
Pancreatic proteases - ANS ✓the enzyme secreted by the pancreas that digests
proteins
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Pancreatic amylase - ANS ✓converts starches to simple sugars
Pancreatic lipase - ANS ✓reduces fats to fatty acids and glycerol
Small intestine in digestion - ANS ✓most nutrients absorbed. Breaks down
lactose maltose and sucrose.
Peptidases - ANS ✓break proteins down into amino acids
Colon - ANS ✓large intestine. Function: absorb water and salts from undigested
food. Makes volatile acids.
Volatile fatty acids - ANS ✓acetate, propionate, butyrate. Absorbed from large
intestine and used as energy.
Vitamins - ANS ✓organic compounds that enable the body to use energy
provided by fats carbs and proteins. Can not cure.
Fat soluble vitamin deficiency - ANS ✓occur in those with chronic
malabsorption disease such as cystic fibrosis, celiac, and chrons disease.
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