Ch 41 Flashcards

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herbivores

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eat mainly plants/algae
–larger alimentary canals
-longer cecums

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omnivores

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-animals and plants
-larger alimentary canals

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carnivores

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-eat other animals
-large expandable stomach.
-small cecum

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animals are

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opportunistic feeders

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animals diet provides

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-chemical energy
-organic building blocks
-essentail nutrients

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essential nutrients

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-amino acids
-fatty acids
-vitamins
-minerals

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amino acids

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-require 20
-meat, eggs, and cheese provide essential amino acids (complete proteins)

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plant proteins

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-incomeplete proteins
-need specific plant combinations to receive all amino acids

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essential fatty acids

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-must be obtain through diet
-defiencies are rare

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vitamins

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organic molecules
-required in small amounts
-13 essential
-grouped into 2 categories: fat and water soluble
-Water-soluble vitamins:
-dissolved in the water in your body
-easily lost (ie through urine)
-need to be replenished often.
-Fat-soluble vitamins:
-absorbed along with the fats
-can be stored

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minerals

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-simple inorganic nutrients
-usually required in small amounts
-ingesting large amounts can upset homeostatic balance

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undernourished individual

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-use up stored fat/carbs
-break down proteins
-lose muscle mass
-suffer protein deficiency of brain
-die/suffer irreversible damage

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person lost at sea

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-if they drink water, too much NaCl which will cause neurons to misfire and cause hallucination
-sea water has higher osmotic pressure than fluids in body, so body will pull water out of cells to dilute sea water causing to dehydrate body further

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epidemiology

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-study of human health and disease in pop
-where insights of human nutrition came from

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hemochromatosis

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-causes iron buildup w/o excessive iron intake
-women have advantage bc of menstration (remove excess iron from blood)
men can donate blood

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ingestion

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act of eating

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digestion

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chemical: saliva breaks down food
mechanical: chewing

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enzymatic hydrolysis

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-in chemical digestion
-process where bonds are split in molecules w/ addition of water

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absorption

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-uptake of nutrients by body cells

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elimination

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-passage of undigested material out of digestive system

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main stages of food processing

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-ingestion, digestion, absorption, elimination

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intracellular digestion

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-takes place in animals w/o digestive tract (Platyhelminthes and Cnidarian)
-digestion that takes place inside cell
-food particles are engulfed by phagocytosis
-vacuoles containing food fuse w/ lysosomes containing hydrolytic enzymes

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extracellular digestion

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-vertebrates, arthropods, more
-breakdown of food particles outside of cells
-occurs in compartments that are continuous w/ outside of animals body

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mammalian accessory glands

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-salivary glands, pancreas, liver, gallbladder

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mammalian digestive system
-alimentary canal and accessory glands
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peristalsis
rhythmic contractions of muscles in wall of canal -esophagus and intestines
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sphincters
-most are autonomic -regulate movement of material between compartments -prevent chyme from entering esophagus and regulate entry into small intestine
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salivary glands
-deliver saliva to lubricate food -saliva: contains mucus
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salivary amylase
-initiates breakdown of glucose polymers
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bolus
-tongue shapes food into bolus (ball) and provides help w/ swallowing
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pharynx
-throat -junction that opens to both esophagus and trachea
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esophagus
-connects to stomach
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trachea
windpipe
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stomach
-stores food, -secretes gastric juice *(converts a meal to acid chyme) -coordination contraction and relaxation of stomach muscle churn stomaches contents
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gastric juice
-low ph of 2 -kills bacteria and denatures proteins -made of HCl and pepsin -musucs protects inner lining of stomach from juice
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pepsin
-protease -protein digesting enzymes -cleaves protein into smaller peptides
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chief cells
-secrete inactive pepsinogen -pepsinogen activates into pepsin when mixed with HCl
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small intestines
-longest section -major organ for digestion and absorption -duodenum -transfers nutrients into blood to disperse to body -has large surface area due to villi and microvilli that are exposed to intestinal lumen and greatly increase absorption
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duodenum
-where chyme from stomach mixes w/ digestive juices from pancreas, liver, gallbladder and small intestine -most absorption occurs here
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pancreas
-produces proteases trypsin and chymotrypsin are activated in lumen of duedenum -solution is alkaline and neutralizes acidic chyme
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no gallbladder
-low fat diet because nothing can break down the fats causing diarrhea (anal leakage)
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biles
stored in gall bladder -made in liver -aids in digestion and breakdown of fats
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hepatic portal vein
-carries nutrient rich blood from capillaries of villi to liver, then to heart
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colon
-in large intestine, before rectum -major function to recover water and salt -houses bacteria (E.coli) that live on unabsorbed organic material -feces becomes more solid as it moves through
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cecum
-aids in fermentation -large in vegetarian animals -where small and large intestine meet
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appendix
-extension of cecum -plays minor role in immunity
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rectum
-storage of feces
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dentition
animals assortment of teeth -example of structural variation reflecting diet
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fermentation chambers
-where mutualistic microorganisms digest cellulose -CO2 and methane -herbivores
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mutalitsic adaptations (elaborate adaptation)
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glucose homeostasis
-in liver -oxidation of glucose generates ATP to fuel cellular processes -hormones insulin and glucagon regulate breakdown of glycogen into glucose -carb rich meal: raises insulin levels, triggers synthesis of glycogen -low blood sugar: causes glucagon to stimulate break of glycogen into glucose
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feedback circuits
-regulate digestion, energy storage, appetite
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energy stored
-in liver and muscle cells in polymer glycogen -excess energy is stored in adipose (most-effiecent )
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animals w/ simple body plans
-have gastrovascular cavity (functions in both digestion and distribution of nutrients)
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more complex animals
-have digestive tube (called complete digestive tract or an alimentary canal) that connects mouth and anus
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ruminants
--animals w/ most elaborate adaptations for an herbivorous diet -Ex. cow, deer, etc..
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leptin
-hormone that play important role in regulating obesity -produced by adipose tissue -can help suppress appetite
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satiety center in brain
-where hormones regulate long term and short term appetite -Leptin, PYY, Insulin, ghrelin
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petrels
-birds that become obese as chicks in order to consume enough protein from high fat food -need to consume more than what they burn
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Obesity
-overnourishment -contributes to type 2 diabetes, cancer in colon and breasts, heart attack and strokes