Section review 1.2

Name five different ways to keep your blood cholesterol low

* maintain recommended bodyweight * increase daily intake of soluble fiber * reduced fat intake, especially saturated fats * exercises regularly * do not smoke

Compare and contrast saturated and unsaturated fats

Saturated fats have as many hydrogen atoms as they can possibly hold, while unsaturated fats hold fewer than their maximum hydrogen atoms.

List three main functions of the digestive system

*digestion of foods *absorption of nutritions *elimination of waste

Identify the correct prefix, root or suffix of the following definitions: 1. "Surrounding" 2. "Tooth" 3. "One" 4. "Many; more than one" 5. "Fat or fatty" 6. "Small" 7. Refers to the stomach

1. peri- 2. dent or don't 3. mono- 4. poly- 5. lip- or lipo- 6. 7. gastro-