Match each of the terms with its definition or description.

a. digestion
b. absorption
c. amylase
d. bile
e. maltase
f. lipase
g. pepsin
h. monosaccharides
i. glycerol
j. amino acids
k. mastication
l. lactase
m. hydrochloric acid
n. trypsin
o. deglutition
p. sucrase


1. _____ Causes the emulsification of fats

2. _____ Enzyme that reduces complex carbohydrates to maltose

3. _____ This and fatty acids are the end products of fat digestion

4. _____ Enzyme that converts maltose to simple sugars

5. _____ Enzyme that is responsible for the chemical digestion of fats

6. _____ Movement of digested food from the digestive system to the blood or lymph

7. _____ End product of carbohydrate digestion

8. _____ A protein enzyme that must be activated by hydrochloric acid in the stomach

9. _____ End product of protein digestion

10. _____ Physical and chemical changes in food that prepare it for movement into the blood or lymph

11. _____ Another word for swallowing

12. _____ Enzyme that digests cane sugar

13. _____ Substance needed to convert pepsinogen to pepsin

14. _____ Another word for chewing

15. _____ Protein-digesting enzyme in pancreatic juice

16. _____ Enzyme that digests milk sugar


1. d. bile

2. c. amylase

3. i. glycerol

4. e. maltase

5. f. lipase

6. b. absorption

7. h. monosaccharides

8. g. pepsin

9. j. amino acids

10. a. digestion

11. o. deglutition

12. p. sucrase

13. m. hydrochloric acid

14. k. mastication

15. n. trypsin

16. l. lactase

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