Enrich your study of nutrition and the human body with this activity about digestive enzymes and diseases. Students will use reference materials to identify the kind of food each enzyme breaks down, as well as identify the organ that produces each enzyme. They will also research the causes and symptoms of Krabbe's disease and phenylketonuria (PKU).
Excerpted from
Concepts and Challenges of Life Science
From Pearson's Concepts and Challenges Life Science.