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Sunday, August 1, 2010

Digestion

http://kitses.com/animation/swfs/digestion.swf

Summary:

In Mouth:
- Salivary amylase breaks down starch into maltose.

In Stomach:
- Proteases break down proteins into peptides.

In Duodenum:
-Amylase breaks down any remaining starch into maltose.
- Maltose further broken down into glucose by maltase.

- Proteases break down proteins into peptides.
- Peptides further broken down into amino acids by proteases.

- Lipases break down fats into fatty acids and glycerol.

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