Question

Analyse the table inorder to get idea about digestion of starch, protein, fat etc at different
parts of the digestive system
Digestion of nutrients
Part
Digestive
juice
Starch
Protein
Fat
Mouth
Saliva
Converts starch partially
to maltose
No digestion
No digestion
Stomach Gastric juice
No digestion
Converts pro-
tein partially to
Digests fat
partially
peptone
Converts protein Converts fat
partially to pep-into fatty acid
tide
and glycerol
Duodenum Pancreatic
juice
Convert starch partially
to maltose
Intestinal
Small
intestine
No digestion
Converts
peptides to
aminoacids
Converts maltose and
other carbohydrates to
their simple forms like
glucose, fructose and
galactose
juice
a) What are the nutrients which undergo digestion?
b) Name the parts where the digestion of the nutrients given below occur?
i) Starch
ii) Protein :
iii) Fat
c) Complete the table using the information given in the box.
Fatty acid, glucose, fructose, galactose, amino acids, Glycerol
Nutrients
Simpler components
Starch
Protein
Fat
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Answer 1

Answer:

a) starch and proteins ans fats b) starch - mouth and duodenum fat- small intestine protein- stomach