4.1 Nutrition Flashcards

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Nutrition Definition

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Processes by which food is ingested, digested, and absorbed into body cells and fluids

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Ingestion

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Is the feeding method used to take food into the digestive cavity

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Assimilation

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Once the material is absorbed it must assimilate throughout the organism

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Digestion

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The splitting of molecules into chemical subunits small enough to be absorbed into an animals body fluids and cells

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Herbivores

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Only plant eating

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Carnivores

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Eat other animals

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Omnivores

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Eat both plants and animals

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Condition when the intake of fuel is inadequate

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Undernutrition (form of malnutrition)

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Condition caused by an excess of specific nutrients

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Overnutrition

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10
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What organic molecules can animals not produce?

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Certain amino acids and essential fatty acids (must be obtained through diet)

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Vitamins

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Organic Molecules required in small quantities that an animal cannot synthesize.

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12
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Essential Minerals

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Required inorganic elements

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Essential Nutrients

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Essential amino acids , fatty acids, vitamins, and minerals

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Coenzymes

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Nonprotein organic units that assist in enzymatic catalysis

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15
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Examples of Essential minerals

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Calcium, Iron, Magnesium

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Enzymatic Hydrolysis

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The breakdown of a compound in the presence of enzymes following it’s reaction with water

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Amylases

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Hydrolysis Starches

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Lipases

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Hydrolyze fats and other lipids

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Proteases

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Hydrolyze proteins

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Nucleases

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Hydrolyze nucleic acids

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Intracellular digestion

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Breakdown of complex food to simple form inside the cellular cytoplasm

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Endocytosis

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How cells absorb food particles

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Exocytosis

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A process by which the cells move undigested materials from within the cell to extra cellular fluid

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Extracellular Digestion

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Food is broken down by outside body cell, in a pouch or tube that is enclosed within the body.

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Gastrovascular Cavity
A primitive structure responsible for both digestion and transport of nutrients (intracellular). Food and waste come out the same opening.
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Digestive Tract
Digestive content move in one direction, two openings, one for ingestion and one for excretion
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Lumen
Inside of digestive tube
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Solid waste vs cellular waste
Solid waste - materials that are ingested but not needed are compacted and pooped out Cellular waste - materials cells do not use are forced out of the cell and into the blood
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