Animal Nutrition & Digestion Flashcards
Food is taken in, taken apart, and taken up in the process of animal —
Nutrition
Mainly eat plants & algae
Herbivores
Mainly eat other animals
Carnivores
Regularly consume animals as well as plants or algae
Omnivores
An animals diet must supply what 3 key requirements?
- Chemical Energy
- Organic Building Blocks
- Essential Nutrients
—— is converted into ATP to power cellular processes
Chemical Energy
——— Synthesizes a variety of organic molecules
Organic Building Blocks
—— are required by cells and must be obtained from dietary sources
Essential Nutrients
Essential nutrients are required materials that an animal cannot assemble from — organic molecules, they must be obtained by —
- Simpler
2. Diet
What are the 4 clasess of essential nutrients?
- Essential amino acids
- Essential fatty acids
- Vitamins
- Minerals
Animals require — amino acids
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About half(11) of the amino acids animals require can be sythesized from other — in the —. The remaining essential amino acid must be obtained from — in the — form
- Molecules
- Diet
- Food
- Prefabricated
Meat, eggs, & cheese provide all the essential amino acids and are thus — proteins
Complete
Most plant proteins are — in amino acids composition. Vegetarians can easily obtain all essential amino acids by eating a — diet of ——
- Incomplete
- Varied
- Plant Proteins
Animals — synthesize most of the fatty acids they need & deficiencies in fatty acid are —
- Can
2. Rare
Essential fatty acids must be obtained from the — and include certain — fatty acids
- Diet
2. Unsaturated
Organic molecules required in the diet in — amounts
Small
— vitamins are essential for humans
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What are the 2 categories vitamins are grouped into?
- Fat-soluble
2. Water-soluble
Major functions(4) of vitamins include:
- Coenzymes
- Antioxidants
- Components of visual pigments
- Absorbtion of minerals
Small inorganic nutrients, are usually required in — amounts in minerals
Small
Ingesting large amounts of some minerals can — homeostatic balance. For example, excess salt contributes to — blood pressure
- Upset
2. High
Major functions(6) of minerals include:
- Bone Formation
- Amino Acid Componenets
- Acid-base & osmotic balance
- Enzyme Cofactors
- Nerve & Muscle Function
- Iodine is a major component of thyroid hormones
Deficiencies in essential nutrients can cause —,—,&—
- Deformities
- Disease
- Death
— results when a diet does not provide enough chemical energy
Undernourishment
An undernourished individual will:
- Use up stored —&—
- Break down its own —
- Lose ——
- Suffer — deficiency of the brain
- Die or suffer irreversible damage
- Fat & Carbohydrates
- Protiens
- Muscle MAss
- Protein
What are the steps(4) of food processing?
- Ingestion
- Digestion
- Absorbtion
- Elimination
— is the act of eating, or taking food in through the mouth
Ingestion
In vertabrates, the food is mechanically broken down by— and prepared into a — that can easily be swallowed
- Mastication (chewing)
2. Bolus
— is the process of breaking food down into molecules small enough to absorb
Digestion
Digestion involves — & — digestion
Mechanical & Chemical
Mechanical digestion use the — or — & grinding — the surface area of food
- Teeth or Gizzard
2. Increases
Chemical digestion is the — of —
Secretion of Enzymes
Chemical Digestion:
~ —— splits bonds in molecules with the addition of water
~ Generates small molecules that can pass through —
~ These are used to build — molecules
- Enzymatic Hydrolysis
- Membrane
- Larger
— is the uptake of nutrients from the digestive tract into the body
Absorbtion
— is the passage of undigested material out of the digestive system
Elimination
Most animals process food in ——
Specialized Compartments
Specialized Compartments reduce the risk of an animal digesting its own — & —
Cells & Tissues
Food particles are engulfed by —
Phagocytosis
Food vacuoles fuse with — containing — enzymes
- Lysosomes
2. Hydrolytic
—— is the breakdown of food particles outside of cells. This limits self digestion
Extracellular Digestion
Extracellular digestion occurs on compartments that are continuous with the outside of the animals body . There are 2 types based on body plan and complexity what are they?
- Gastrovascular Cavity
2. Alimentary Canal
Gastovascular Cavity:
- Animals with — body plans
- ——: one opening to a cavity in which materials are boken down
- Functions in both — and — of nutrients
- Simple
- Digestive Sac
- Digestion & Distribution
Alimentary Canal:
- Animals with more — body plans
- Complete ——/—: runs between two openings
- Can have specialized regions that carry out —&— in a stepwise fashion
- Complex
- Digestive tube/tract
- Digestion & Absorbtion
The mammalian digestive system is comprised of organs specialized for sequential stages of food processing
What are these organs(5)?
- Accesory Gland
- Oral Cavity, pharynx, esophagus
- Stomach
- small intestine
- Large intestine
In mammal, a number of —— secrete digestive juices through ducts into the ——
- Accesory Glands
2. Alimentary Canal