Ch 6 & 7 Flashcards
Describe the location of body water. What is the turnover rate?
Intracellular fluids, interstitial fluids, plasma, GI tract
What % of body water can be lost before clinical signs begin?
8% clinical signs begin
What is metabolic water? Where can it be formed?
Water produced from oxidation of energy containing molecules . Every cell, synthesis.
List 6 ways body water can be lost.
Urine, feces, insensible loss, sensible loss, lungs, kidneys
Define insensible loss as it relates to body water.
Evaporation of water through the skin
How is the % of body fat calculated?
Calculated by figuring the what percentage makeup of the body is fat. Can be calculated by calipers and water displacement.
How does the heat of water vaporization aid in maintaining body temp?
The heat of vaporization aids in maintaining body temp by when you sweat the sweat on your skin is vaporized taking away heat from the body
What are the names of European and Indian cattle? Give a specific example for each.
European - taurine ie. angus
indian - indicus ie. gir
Give an example of soluble salts found in water. What concentration is unfit to drink? Which is more harmful? Why?
sodium chloride
Begin with the % of carbs in most feeds and compare the body’s carb composition. If they aren’t the same, where do they go?
AA
Give examples of five and six carbon sugars and tell where they are found.
5 - ribose - DNA/RNA
deoxyribose - DNA/RNA
6 - fructose - fruit sugar
galactose - milk sugar
What is the difference in the linkage between starch and cellulose?
cellulose - linear chains of glucose, beta linakge
starch - linear and branched, alpha linkage
Describe the difference between fermenters and non fermenters in the digestion of carbohydrates.
A
Give the first two reactions in glycolysis. Are they endothermic or exothermic?
glucose + PO4 endothermic
gPO4 + PO4 exothermic
How are amino acids metabolized? List three specific A/A and what they are converted into.
A
