Digestive System: Secretions
Overview
As food material moves through the digestive system, several enzymes are secreted to aid in the process of digestion and absorption. Enzymes are essential for digestion as they help speed up chemical reactions by reducing the energy needed to start the reactions.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this chapter, students will be able to:
- explain which secretions from the digestive system are responsible for the break down of carbohydrates, of proteins, and of lipids.
- name other non-enzymatic secretions and their functions.
Video Review
Watch the video: Biology- What are the enzymes of the digestive system? (3 minutes)
Activities
Flash Cards
General Terms
The Chemical Digestion Process
The Stomach and Gastric Secretions
Digestive secretions pancreas
Chapter Attributions
This chapter by Elisabeth Kehrli and Anil Kapoor is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 license.
Media Attributions
Biology- What are the enzymes of the digestive system? by MooMooMath and Science is licensed under the Standard YouTube license.
Interactive Activity Attributions
The interactive activities in this chapter are from Interactive Activities for Human Anatomy and Physiology by Open Education Lab, Ontario Tech University, and are licensed under a CC BY NC SA 4.0 license.