Complete the passage to describe carbohydrate digestion. Carbohydrate digestion begins with in the This enzyme hydrolyzes to pro
duce maltose, oligosaccharides, and glucose for around 1–2 hours before it is deactivated in the When chyme reaches the duodenum, the is stimulated to produce even larger quantities of this enzyme to continue digestion.
The digestion of carbohydrate begins in the mouth when an enzyme called amylase acts on the starch and breaks down it into the maltose (disaccharide).
After this bolus moves from the mouth to the oesophagus and then to stomach, no digestion of carbohydrate proceeds. When the bolus reaches the stomach, the acidic environment of the stomach stops the action of the enzyme amylase.
The chyme then enters the duodenum where the secretions of the pancreas contain the enzyme amylase which gins begin the digestion of the carbohydrate and thus digestion of carbohydrate is complete.
Literally nothing... sorry! lol. you will definitely spot it at the other end in about 24 hours though! no worrys. i swallowed a lego once and i was fine!:)
