40.1.92 - nutrition, digestion

In the small intestine,

• a. cellulose fiber is digested into monosaccharides.
• b. starch is digested by pancreatic amylase into maltose.
• c. fat is not hydrolyzed.
• d. protein is hydrolyzed by bile acids into amino acids.
• e. there is a net absorption of water from the lumen to the cells of the intestinal mucosa.