HUMAN NUTRITION

NUTRITION

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which organ makes enzymes (lactase, amylase, protease, maltase) to break down the food that you eat?
A
gallbladder
B
liver
C
pancreas
D
rectum
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The pancreas produces the key digestive enzymes amylase, protease, and lipase. People with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) have a deficiency of these enzymes. As a result, they are unable to digest food properly, especially fats.

Detailed explanation-2: -Pancreas. Your pancreas makes a digestive juice that has enzymes that break down carbohydrates, fats, and proteins.

Detailed explanation-3: -Small Intestine produces Peptidases, Sucrase, Lactase and Maltase and acts upon Peptides, Sucrose, Maltose and Lactose and produces Amino acids, Glucose and fructose, Galactose etc.

Detailed explanation-4: -Maltase breaks down maltose into glucose. Other disaccharides, such as sucrose and lactose are broken down by sucrase and lactase, respectively. Sucrase breaks down sucrose (or “table sugar”) into glucose and fructose, and lactase breaks down lactose (or “milk sugar”) into glucose and galactose.

Detailed explanation-5: -Amylases digest starch into smaller molecules, ultimately yielding maltose, which in turn is cleaved into two glucose molecules by maltase. Starch comprises a significant portion of the typical human diet for most nationalities.

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