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Which of the following correctly describes starch digestion in the small intestine?

  1. Pancreatic amylase breaks down starch into maltose

  2. Pancreatic amylase breaks down starch into glucose

  3. Pancreatic maltase breaks down starch into maltose

  4. Pancreatic maltase breaks down starch into glucose
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Explanation

Pancreatic amylase digests starch into the disaccharide maltose (and dextrins) in the small intestine. Maltose is subsequently broken down into glucose by maltase, which is an enzyme bound to the microvilli of the small intestine (not a pancreatic enzyme).

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