Describe the process of carbohydrate digestion in human beings

      

(a) How is a human stomach adapted to (i) Protein digestion? (ii) Churning?
b) What happens to the glucose synthesize during photosynthesis?

  

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John
a) (i) - Has gastrin gland which produces pepsin enzyme that digests proteins to peptides, also had renin that curds milk.

-Gastric juice contains hydrochloric acid that provides acidic medium for maximum pepsin enzyme activity to digest proteins.

-Has goblet cells that secrete mucus to line the stomach wall against protein digesting enzymes and corrosion by hydrochloric acid.

ii) Has smooth muscle than contain thick circular and longitudinal layers which contract and relax producing movements that mix contents of the stomach

b) - Some glucose is oxidized by the plant cell to yield energy.

- Some is converted to starch for storage in various plant tissues
johnmulu answered the question on May 2, 2017 at 07:36


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