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Summary AQA ALEVEL BIOLOGY NOTES ON DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION
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Lipids §Digestion and Absorption
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to maltose .
Mineral salts from saliva maintain a neutral pH .
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juice tiny droplets
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called micelles bile
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by salts .
5 Pancreatic amylase continues to
hydrolyse remaining
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starch to maltose Alkaline salts from and liver
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pancreas
intestinal
stomach
wall maintain neutral pH .
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Ehdooleptidases hydrolyse the peptide bonds
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between
Carbohydrates Substrate location µ amino acids in the central
region of a
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starch & Pancreas forms
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> maltose mouth protein molecule This multiple peptide molecules
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Maltose Maltose > 2x
glucose
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Exopeptidases hydrolyse the peptide bonds on
Attached to
Descending colon
sucrose sucrose >
glucose + fructose qq.fi?erqna;gefiIteum the
formed
terminal amino acids of the
peptide molecules
Lactase lactose >
glucose + galactose of ileum \ r
by endo peptidase They .
progressively
r Rectum
Ascending colon
release dipeptides and single amino acids .
Anus
Triglycerides Dipeptidases hydrolyse the bond between
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the
Made in
↳ pages Absorption of triglycerides of
dipeptidemonoglyceri.de
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pancreas -
secreted to 1
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small intestine
Fatty acid 1 Micelles help to move monoglycerid.es and
fatty acids towards the epithelium .
break down cell
2 Micelles
releasing the monoglycerides and fatty acids They diffuse the -
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across
Proteases substrate location surface membrane into the epithelial cells .
3 and
They form triglycerides cholesterol form
chylomicrons.Exopep-idas.es
combine to associate with and lipoproteins to
Endo peptidase 8 Polypeptide ( centre) stomach ,
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Polypeptide t.at end ) Pancreas Chylo microns exocytose and enter lymphatic capillaries called Iacteals .
Dipeptidases 1) ipeq-h.de Membrane bound
5
Chylo microns pass into the blood .
The triglycerides in the chylo microns are hydrolysed by an
enzyme in
lining the ileum
the endothelial cells of blood capillaries from where they diffuse into cells .
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