food and nutrition digestion test

What contributes to the process of satiety?

-hypothalamus -liver -hormones

The number of enzymes that work to dissolve nutrients in the small intestine?

3

What percentage of digestion occurs in the small intestine?

95

The end product of the digestion of proteins is?

amino acids

What helps break down starches in food and is found in the mouth?

amylase

Which nutrient begins digestion in the mouth?

carbohydrates

What is the first nutrient broken down during digestion? Where does the break down start and what is the end result?

carbohydrates, mouth, monosaccharaides, (glucose)

A mixture of gastric juices and chewed and swallowed food that combine in the stomach is called?

chyme

What are the two phases of the digestive process?

digestion and absorption

The correct order in which food moves through your digestive system is:

esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine

Nutrient dense foods are digested more efficiently than empty calorie foods.

false

The end product of the digestion of fats is? or Fats are converted into what during digestion?

fatty acids

What is the name of the juices that the stomach produces to help digest food?

gastric

The body's physical drive to eat

hunger

What is the organ that absorbs water from waste?

large intestine

Where does chyme go when it leaves the small intestine?

large intestine

This is the first step in the digestion process of solid food.

mastication

What are the basic parts into which carbohydrates are broken down during digestion?

monosaccharides

Your stomach walls are lined with?

mucus

What is the large intestine's role in digestion?

organ that absorbs water from waste

What enzyme begins to chemically break down protein in the stomach?

pepsin

The rhythmic muscular movement that takes place in the stomach is called?

peristalsis

A person is likely to feel full longest after eating a meal high in ?

protein and fats

Which nutrients are acted on by pepsin in the stomach?

proteins only

The chemical process of digestion begins in which organ?

stomach

What happens to nutrients after they have been digested in the small intestine?

they are absorbed

What helps transport the digested nutrients from the small intestine to the rest of the body?

villi