ANATOMY

GENERAL ANATOMY

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When many large carbohydrates are chemically digested they are broken into many smaller ____
A
proteins
B
amino acids
C
simple sugars
D
enzymes
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -enzymes Explanation: Digesting or metabolizing carbohydrates breaks foods down into sugars, which are also called saccharides.

Detailed explanation-2: -Chemical digestion breaks down different nutrients, such as proteins, carbohydrates, and fats, into even smaller parts: Fats break down into fatty acids and monoglycerides. Nucleic acids break down into nucleotides. Polysaccharides, or carbohydrate sugars, break down into monosaccharides.

Detailed explanation-3: -When you eat carbs, your body breaks them down into simple sugars, which are absorbed into the bloodstream. As the sugar level rises in your body, the pancreas releases a hormone called insulin. Insulin is needed to move sugar from the blood into the cells, where the sugar can be used as a source of energy.

Detailed explanation-4: -Maltase breaks the bond between the two glucose units of maltose, and lactase breaks the bond between galactose and glucose. Once carbohydrates are chemically broken down into single sugar units they are then transported into the inside of intestinal cells.

Detailed explanation-5: -simple carbohydrates (or simple sugars): including fructose, glucose, and lactose, which also are found in nutritious whole fruits.

There is 1 question to complete.