The Digestive System, Overview (Section 2, Chap 1 )

Learn about enzymes, nutrients, etc.

Amylase

Enzyme, produced in salivary glands and pancreas, that breaks down starches into sugars.

Protease

Enzyme that breaks down proteins into amino acids, produced mainly in the stomach and pancreas.

Lipase

Enzyme that breaks down fats into fatty acids and glycerol, produced primarily in the pancreas.

Bile

A digestive fluid produced by the liver and stored in the gallbladder, essential for emulsifying fats in the small intestine.

Pepsin

Protease enzyme, produced in the stomach (works in acidic conditions) which breaks down proteins into smaller pieces (peptides)

Trypsin

Protease enzyme, which finishes off the job of pepsin . Works in alkaline conditions. Produced by the pancreas.

Enzyme, produced in salivary glands and pancreas, that breaks down starches into sugars.

Amylase

Enzyme that breaks down proteins into amino acids, produced mainly in the stomach and pancreas.

Protease

Enzyme produced in the pancreas which breaks down fats into fatty acids and glycerol.

Lipase

Digestive Fluid produced in the liver and stored in the gallbladder until released into the duodenum which helps emulate (break down) fat molecules.

Bile

Protease enzyme , produced in the stomach, which begins to digest/digests protein into peptides. Pepsin works in acidity (like stomach acid)

Pepsin

Protease enzyme, which works in alkaline conditions. Produced by the pancreas, and breaks down peptides into amino acids, finishing off pepsins job.

Trypsin