Animal nutrition Flashcards
Name 7 food groups:
- Carbs
- Proteins
- Fats
- Vitamins
- Fibre
- Water
- Minerals
What does carbs do?
Provides excellent source of energy. Break down by enzymes into glucose, used in respiration to release their energy.
What is the name of the food that is needed for growth and repair of our cells and tissues?
Proteins.
Fats?
An excellent long term store of energy and our bodes respire it when we are low on glucose.
Vitamins?
Needed to help maintain good health, some help immune system.
Fibre?
Helps digest food pass through the intestines by giving the the process of peristalsis something to “push” against.
What helps keep our bodies hydrated?
Water.
What do minerals do?
helps with good health, some can be helpful for healthy bones and teeth.
What does calcium do?
Needed to make haemoglobin in red blood cells.
What the equation for finding out how much energy was released from the food samples?
temperature change x water constant x mass of water = energy released from food.
Name parts of the Digestive system:
- Mouth
- Salivary glands
- Oesophagus
- Stomach
- Liver
- Gall bladder
- Pancreas
- Small intestine
- Large intestine
- Rectum
- Anus
What is Ingestion?
The intake of food. Small pieces of food are bitten off larger pieces and chewed in the mouth.
Digestion?
The chemical breakdown of food, using enzymes, from large particles into smaller particles.
Absorption?
Food particles pass through the gut wall, by diffusion, into the blood stream.
Assimilation?
Using the food for growth, energy and health.
