The major function of the immune system is to protect the host from environmental agents such as microbes or chemicals, thereby preserving the integrity of the body. This is done by the recognition of self and response to non-self.
Answer:
Phylum
Explanation:
All vertebrate animals belong to a phylum are called ‘Chordata’. Animals with a spine are also called vertebrate animals
Cells need oxygen to release energy from food. This process is called aerobic respiration.Metabolism<span> is a word for all the chemical reactions in a living organism. The energy released from food by respiration is important to the metabolism of all cells.</span>
Answer:
B) It breaks down polysaccharides such as starch.
Explanation:
Polysaccharides are long chains of monosaccharides like glucose joined together with glycosidic linkages. While plants can simply make glucose via photosynthesis, animals rely on glucose sourced from their diet. In animals, glucose is stored as glycogen; however, plant storage polysaccharides like starch are regularly broken down through digestion using enzymes.
Enzymes are proteins which catalyze chemical reactions like the breakdown of large polysaccharides. Alpha amylase, an enzyme produced in the pancreas, is also found in human saliva; it catalyzes the hydrolysis, or breakdown of starch into glucose. Amylase acts on polysaccharides bonds at random points along the chain by splitting the α 1-4 glycosidic bonds. This produces maltose, dextrin and glucose; this glucose is used in ATP synthesis via <em>respiration, ethyl alcohol fermentation and lactic fermentation</em>.
