Chapter 18 food and digestion
The process by which nutrient molecules pass through the wall of the digestive system and into the blood is called blank
Absorption
What are vitamin
Act as helper molecule in a variety of chemical reaction
What occurs during chemical digestion in the mouth
An enzyme in saliva breaks down starch into the sugar molecules
The muscular opening through which wastes are removed from the body
Anus
The food contain high amount of protein
Beans
Then, molecules are absorbed into the blank and carried throughout the body
Blood
What foods in the pyramid should make up the largest part of the diet
Bread,cereal, rice,and pasta
The amount of energy released by nutrients in the body is measured in units called
Calories
List the 6 of nutrients that people nedd to stay healthy
Carbohydrate, Fats, Minerald, Protein, Vitamin, and Water
Comes from animal source,such as meat and eggs
Complete protein
Contains all the essential amino acids
Complete protein
Fiber
Complex carbohydrate
Starch
Complex carbohydrate
The role of the large intestine
Draw water and eliminate waste
Carbohydrates are a major source of
Energy
True or False: Carbohydrates are not needed for making new body cells
False
True or false: All people have the same daily requirements for nutrients and calories
False
True or false: In chemical digestion, Foods are physically broken down into smaller piece by chewing
False
True or false: the body can make all of the amino acid it needs to make protein
False
Nutrient that provides the most energy is
Fats
What are fats
Fats are high- energy nutrients that are composed of carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen
The digestive system breaks down blank into molecules the body can use
Food
What is digestion
Food are digesting by which the body breaks down food into smaller nutrients molecules
Three jobs that fats have in body
Form part of structure of cells, they protect your internal organs, and acts as insulation to keep insulation
Iron
Forms an important part of red blood cells
Foods founf in saturated fats
Found in meat, dairy, egg yolks, coconut and plam oils
Foods found in unsaturated fats
Found in seafood oils such as olive and canola
Fluorine
Helps form bones and teeth
Potassium
Helps maintain water balance
Comes from plant sources, such as grains and nuts
Incomplete protein
Missing one or more essential amino
Incomplete protein
Why is it helpful to read thr list of ingredients
It can alert you to substance that have been added to the food that could make you sick
Why is water the body's important nutrient
It is the most important nutrients because the body': vital process including chemical reaction take place in water
What is the role of fiber
It's thickness the mucus inside the small intestine
Liqud or solid in unsaturated fats
Liquid
The largest and heaviest Organ inside the body that is located in the upper part of the abdomen is the
Liver
List the three organs that produce the enzymes and secretion used in the smaller intense
Liver gallbladder and pancreas
What two things does food give to your body
Materials for growing and provides energy
Nutrients that are not made by living things are called
Minerals
True about vitamin
Most people get the vitamin they need from foods, you ear a variety of foods, and fat-soluble vitamina are stored in fatty tissues in the body
Why the hydrochloride acid in the digestive juice does not damage the stomach
Mucus coats and protects the stomach lung
Magnesium
Needed for normal muscle and nerve function
What takes place in the small intestine
Nutrients absorbed and mechanical digested
A triangular organ that lies between the stomach and the first part of the small intestine is called
Pancreas
Involuntary ways of muscle contraction that push food through the digestive system
Peristalsis
Nutrient that contain nitrogen, as well as carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen are called
Protein
Enzymes produced by the Pancrease help break down blank blank blank
Proteins fats and starches
How does the Food Guide Pyramid help you plan a healthy diet
Recommends the number of serving that a person should eat each day from each
The short tube at the end of the large intestine where waste material is compressed is called a blank
Rectum
The fluid released when you're mad at Waters is called blank
Saliva
What does it mean when label shows that Calories is equal to 110
Show how the nutritional content of one serving fits into the diet of a person who needs 2,000 calories per day
Glucose
Simple carbohydrate
Sugar
Simple carbohydrate
Liqud or solid in sarurated fats
Solid
Foods in the Fats, Oils, and Sweets grouo should bs used
Sparingly
What is true about the stomach
The stomach is a J shaped muscular pouch in the abdomen, digestive juice in the stomach contains an enzyme that breaks down the proteins, and hydrochloric acid in the stomach kills many bacteria that are swallow with food
What happens to the materials that are not absorbed
These materials are removed from the body as wastes
List three ways in which proteins are used by the body
Tissue growth, play part in chemical reaction within cells and can serve as a source of energy
True or False: Nutrients molecules past from the small intense feed on the material passing through and make certain in the vitamins for the body
True
True or False: The more active you are, the more calories you need
True
True or false: All foods except meat, poultry,fresh vegetables, ans fresh fruit must be labeled with nutrition information
True
True or false: Food is required for the body to maintain homeostasis, keeping a steady internal
True
A tiny finger- shaped structures that cover the inner surface of intestine are called
Villi
Finally the digestive system removes from the body
Wasted
The most abundant substance in the body is
Water
The food label lists the ingredients in the food in order by blank starting with the main ingredients
Weight
How do you get mineral into your diet
You obtain mineral by eating plant foods and animals have eaten plant
A flap of tissue that seals off the windpipe and prevents food from entering.
epiglottis
A muscular tube that connects the mouth to the stomach
esophagus
A thick slippery substance that makes food easier to swallow
mucus