Enzymes of the Digestive System

Hydrochloric acid

• helps your body to break down, digest, and absorb nutrients such as protein. It also eliminates bacteria and viruses in the stomach, protecting your body from infection.

• an enzyme secreted by the salivary glands in the mouth and found in saliva.

• secreted by the pancreas and helps to break down proteins.

Protease (pepsin)

• an enzyme secreted by the pancreas into the small intestines. Helps to break down starch in foods.

• an enzyme secreted by the salivary glands in the mouth and found in saliva.

• secreted by the pancreas; this enzyme helps break down starches into sugar, which your body can use for energy.

• produced by the stomach to help digest proteins in food.

Pancreatic maltase

• an enzyme secreted by the pancreas into the small intestines. Helps to break down starch in foods.

• secreted by the pancreas; this enzyme helps break down starches into sugar, which your body can use for energy.

• secreted by the pancreas and helps to break down fat.

• secreted by the pancreas and helps to break down proteins.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Pancreatic Amylase

• an enzyme secreted by the pancreas into the small intestines. Helps to break down starch in foods.

• secreted by the pancreas; this enzyme helps break down starches into sugar, which your body can use for energy.

• secreted by the pancreas and helps to break down fat.

• secreted by the pancreas and helps to break down proteins.

Lipase

• secreted by the pancreas; this enzyme helps break down starches into sugar, which your body can use for energy.

• an enzyme secreted by the pancreas into the small intestines. Helps to break down starch in foods.

• secreted by the pancreas and helps to break down fat.

• secreted by the pancreas and helps to break down proteins.

protease (pancreas)

• secreted by the pancreas and helps to break down proteins.

• secreted by the pancreas and helps to break down fat.

• an enzyme secreted by the pancreas into the small intestines. Helps to break down starch in foods.

• secreted by the pancreas; this enzyme helps break down starches into sugar, which your body can use for energy.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

peptidase

• an enzyme that also helps to digest proteins. Secreted by the small intestines.

• helps to break down complex sugars from cane sugar, or sucrose, into simple sugars like glucose and fructose. Secreted by the small intestines.

• helps to break down lactose, a sugar found in milk and milk products. Secreted by the small intestines.

sucrase

• an enzyme that also helps to digest proteins. Secreted by the small intestines.

• helps to break down complex sugars from cane sugar, or sucrose, into simple sugars like glucose and fructose. Secreted by the small intestines.

• helps to break down lactose, a sugar found in milk and milk products. Secreted by the small intestines.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

lactase

• an enzyme that also helps to digest proteins. Secreted by the small intestines.

• helps to break down lactose, a sugar found in milk and milk products. Secreted by the small intestines.

• helps to break down complex sugars from cane sugar, or sucrose, into simple sugars like glucose and fructose. Secreted by the small intestines.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

bile

• helps to break down complex sugars from cane sugar, or sucrose, into simple sugars like glucose and fructose. Secreted by the small intestines.

• an enzyme that also helps to digest proteins. Secreted by the small intestines.

• made in the liver and stored in the gallbladder; helps to break down bile 

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7