PHYSIOLOGY
SYNAPTIC PHYSIOLOGY
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Endopeptidase, secreted by the liver digests starch to enable absorption by the villi
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Contraction of the intestinal muscles mixes starch with enzymes to accelerate its conversion into amylose
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Glycogen secreted by the pancreas hydrolyses starch into glucose, which is eventually transported to the liver
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Amylase secreted by the pancreas digests starch to enable absorption by the villi
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Detailed explanation-1: -Amylases digest starch into smaller molecules, ultimately yielding maltose, which in turn is cleaved into two glucose molecules by maltase.
Detailed explanation-2: -Most carbohydrate digestion occurs in the small intestine, thanks to a suite of enzymes. Pancreatic amylase is secreted from the pancreas into the small intestine, and like salivary amylase, it breaks starch down to small oligosaccharides (containing 3 to 10 glucose molecules) and maltose.
Detailed explanation-3: -The pancreas serves two functions in the breakdown of starch: It produces the enzyme amylase which is released from exocrine glands (acinar cells) into the intestinal tract. It produces the hormones insulin and glucagon which are released from endocrine glands (islets of Langerhans) into the blood.
Detailed explanation-4: -Amylase. This enzyme helps break down starches into sugar, which your body can use for energy.
Detailed explanation-5: -Starch digestion involves the breakdown by -amylase to small linear and branched malto-oligosaccharides, which are in turn hydrolyzed to glucose by the mucosal -glucosidases, maltase-glucoamylase (MGAM) and sucrase-isomaltase (SI).