Question

Enzymes are part of the(Blank) digestion process. Their function is to break down(Blank). Amylase is a digestive enzyme secreted (Blank) and is responsible for breaking down (Blank).


1. Chemical or mechanical
2.macromolucules, atoms, or vitamins
3.in small intestine and by the liver/in the stomach and gallbladder/in the mouth and by the pancreas
4.nucleic acids/ proteins/ lipids/ starch

Answer 1

Salivary glands secrete salivary amylase, an enzyme that begins the breakdown of starch into glucose. Mucus moistens food and lubricates the esophagus. Bicarbonate ions in saliva neutralize the acids in foods

Answer 2

Answer:

Enzymes are part of the "chemical digestion process". Their function is to 'breakdown macromolecules'. Amylase is a 'digestive enzyme secreted' in the "mouth and the pancreas" and is responsible for "breaking down of starch".

Explanation:

• Enzymes are digestive chemicals that are "responsible for breaking down" of macromolecules into simpler nutrients or monomers which can be directly used up by the cells.
• Amylase is the enzyme present in the salivary glands (salivary amylase) and the pancreas (pancreatic amylase) and acts on starch and carbohydrate molecules and breaks the chemical bonds in between them.
• Carbohydrates get converted into monosaccharides. The 'salivary amylase' breaks the carbohydrate macromolecule and the pancreatic amylase completes the conversion process of sugars like maltose, sucrose or lactose into monosaccharides.