BRAINCAKECarbohydrate Digestion
When food enters the mouth it is chewed and mixed with saliva. Saliva contains amylase which hydrolyses starch to maltose.
The food is swallowed and enters the stomach. The acid denatures amylase and no carbohydrate digestion takes place in the stomach.
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Key terms in this lesson
- hydrolysis
- The breaking of a covalent bond within a molecule using a water molecule.
- peristalsis
- Waves of muscular contraction that push food along the gut.
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