Carbohydrates - Carbohydrate digestion and absorption
4 important questions on Carbohydrates - Carbohydrate digestion and absorption
What happens to carbohydrates when they go trough the mouth, stomach duodenum and jenum?
Stomach: High pH inactivates amylose and no digestion takes place
Duodenum: Digestion starts again since pancreatic juices with contain pancreatic amylose is added.
Jenum: Starch is broken down to maltose
How are monosaccharides absorbed?
What happens with monosaccharides in the liver?
- Higher grades + faster learning
- Never study anything twice
- 100% sure, 100% understanding
What happends to the fibers?
Short chain fatty acids are a product. They are local absorbed by the call but also travel to the liver.
The question on the page originate from the summary of the following study material:
- A unique study and practice tool
- Never study anything twice again
- Get the grades you hope for
- 100% sure, 100% understanding