Name a carbohydrate (if any) that undergoes digestion in each of the following sites:
c. small intestine

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Name a carbohydrate (if any) that undergoes digestion in each of the following sites:

c. small intestine

Accepted Answer

Hi, everybody. Our next question says, identify the carbohydrates, the undergo digestion inside the small intestine. And then our carbohydrates are number one, sucrose, two maltose, three starch and four lactose. And the answer choices we pick from include a only three and four, B, only one and two, C, only 12 and four and D all of these. So we do have the option that all of these undergo to in the small intestine. And we can hopefully arrive at that pretty quickly if you recall that most carbohydrates are broken down in the small intestine because the enzymes that break the bonds between their components are present there. So again, we know that the enzymes to break down the carbohydrates are generally present in the small intestine. And of course, we know that one of our answer choices is all of these. So we could have that as a, as a choice. So let's notice that we have three dy sacs here, sucrose, maltose and lactose are all disaccharide. And indeed all three of these have an enzyme that breaks them down. In the case of sucrose, it's sucrase maltose is maltase and lactose is, of course, lactase and these enzymes are indeed all present in the small intestines, which is where primarily their digestion occurs. But what about number three starch which is a polysaccharide composed of multiple units of glucose. Well, starch does starch being digested in the mouth. There's Emily and saliva, it's not solely digested in the small intestine, but it doesn't get completely digested in the mouth. So the digestion that starch continues after the food is swallowed with amylase also being produced and found in the small intestine that is known as pancreatic amylase. So produced by the pancreat, pancreas present in the small intestine and that breaks down the rest of the starch in the small intestine. So no, our question doesn't say carbohydrates undergo digestion solely in, in the small intestine, but just are digested inside the small intestine. So our answer is going to be choice d all of these. So choice D all of these carbohydrates among our list that are digested in small intestine, sucrose, maltose, starch and lactose. See you in the next video.

Name a carbohydrate (if any) that undergoes digestion in each of the following sites:
c. small intestine

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Name a carbohydrate (if any) that undergoes digestion in each of the following sites:c. small intestine

Verified video answer for a similar problem:

Key Concepts

Carbohydrate Digestion

Small Intestine Function

Enzymatic Action

Name a carbohydrate (if any) that undergoes digestion in each of the following sites:
c. small intestine