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Ch. 23 The Digestive System
Marieb - Human Anatomy & Physiology 7th Edition
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Capitolo 22, Problema 6

The digestive juice product containing enzymes capable of digesting all four major foodstuff categories is:
a. Pancreatic
b. Gastric
c. Salivary
d. Biliary

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Step 1: Identify the four major foodstuff categories that need to be digested: carbohydrates, proteins, lipids (fats), and nucleic acids.
Step 2: Understand the role of each digestive juice listed: pancreatic juice, gastric juice, salivary juice, and biliary (bile) juice, focusing on which enzymes they contain and what substrates they act upon.
Step 3: Recall that pancreatic juice contains a variety of enzymes including amylase (for carbohydrates), proteases like trypsin and chymotrypsin (for proteins), lipase (for lipids), and nucleases (for nucleic acids), making it capable of digesting all four major foodstuff categories.
Step 4: Compare this with gastric juice, which mainly contains pepsin for protein digestion; salivary juice, which contains amylase for carbohydrate digestion; and biliary juice (bile), which emulsifies fats but does not contain enzymes to digest all categories.
Step 5: Conclude that the digestive juice capable of digesting all four major foodstuff categories is pancreatic juice.

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