What is a digestive reflex? Why are they important for efficient
digestion of nutrients? Examples of how the digestive system
responds to stimuli to get ready to break down the food that we eat
into digestible molecules?
In regards to the digestive system-
Review digestion of carbohydrates:
Enzyme
Site of digestion/absorption
Review of digestion of proteins:
Enzyme
Site of digestion/absorption
Pepsin
Trypsin
Chymotrypsin
Review digestion of fats:
Enzyme
Site of digestion/absorption
Amylase
Lipase
-Which organs produce digestive enzymes? Where does digestion
occur? Where does digestion start? Where does most nutrient
absorption occur? Where does most water reabsorption occur? How are
fats absorbed into the body? What is the role of
cholecystokinin?
-Thinking back to earlier in the class: Be able to determine how
pH and oxygen impact solute transport across the intestinal
epithelium. How is transport of a solute impacted by concentration
gradient? How could you determine if transport is dependent on
sodium,...