Nutrition
Glucose & nutrient conversion
Can you fill the blanks??
One of your body’s favorite storage area for glucose
is in your ____ cells.
When blood glucose gets too high, the pancreas releases: _______
__________ is released from the pancreas when blood sugar gets low.
Brain specifically ______ -dependent for energy.
carb digestion
Salivary Amylase (where released..what do?) why inactivated in stomach?
Pancreatic Amylase
Microvilli:
Carbohydrates are hydrolyzed into: ________
Glucose is broken into: _____
protein Dig.
____________ are the basic building block of protein.
Protein digestion begins in ________ by the enzyme _______.
Trypsin (and other enzymes) released by the ___ enter the ___ via the pancreatic duct.
Digestive nutrients take a detour to the ___ before entering the bloodstream.
Hepatic – always means: __________.
Lipid digestion
Lipids pass through to the _______ completely undigested.
____________ act as emulsifiers of lipids.
Emulsify means:
Pancreatic lipase:
Free-fatty acids enter epithelial cells and:
Chylomicrons do not enter the blood stream, they: