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CHAPTER 41: ANIMAL NUTRITION Flashcards

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How can animals extract the nutrients they need from food while not digesting their own tissues?

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The compartmentalized processing protects body tissues while allowing enzymes and acids to break down nutrients

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What three needs must an adequate diet satisfy?

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  • chemical energy for cellular processes
  • organic building blocks for macromolecules
  • essential nutrients
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What are the 4 classes of essential nutrients?

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  • essential amino acids
  • essential fatty acids
  • vitamins
  • minerals
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What 4 things do food processing involve?

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  • ingestion/feeding mechanisms
  • digestion
  • absorption
  • elimination
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What are the four main feeding mechanisms of most animals?

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  • Filter feeders: sift small food particles from water
  • Substrate feeders: live in or on their food
  • Fluid feeders: suck nutrient-rich fluid from a living host
  • Bulk feeders: eat large pieces of food
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What are the two processes of digestion

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  • Mechanical digestion: chewing or grinding

- Chemical digestion: enzymes breakdown food into small molecules that can pass through membranes

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Animals with simple body plans have a digestive compartment ______(single opening) that functions in both digestion and distribution of nutrients throughout the body. E.g hydra

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gastrovascular cavity

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More complex body plan animals have a digestive tube with two openings which are a _______

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mouth and anus

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Organs specialized for sequential stages of food processing form the _________

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mammalian digestive system

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In mammals, a number of _______ secrete digestive juices through ducts into the alimentary canal

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accessory glands

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What are some mammalian accessory glands?

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  • Salivary glands
  • Pancreas
  • Liver
  • Gallbladder
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Food Processing begins in the __________

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oral cavity

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Saliva contains _______ and _________

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mucus and amylase

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The tongue movements shape food into a ________ and helps with swallowing

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bolus

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The throat is also known as the ______

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pharynx

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The throat is the junction that opens to both the esophagus and the ______

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trachea

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The trachea leads to the __________

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lungs

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The esophagus connects to the ______

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stomach

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Swallowing causes the _______ to block entry to the trachea

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epiglottis

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What are the two major roles of the stomach

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  • storage of food

- processes food into a liquid suspension

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What is chyme

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-The mixture of ingested food and gastric juice.

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What prevents chyme from entering the esophagus and regulates its entry into the small intestine

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Sphincters

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What is the longest compartment of the alimentary canal

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small intestine

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Most enzymatic hydrolysis of macromolecules from food occurs in the ________

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small intestine

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Gastric juice has a low pH of ______ which denatures _________
2; proteins
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What is gastric juice made out of?
Pepsin and HCL
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Is pepsin a protease?
Yes
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What are parietal cells?
They secrete hydrogen and chloride ions into the lumen of the stomach
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What are chief cells?
They secrete inactive pepsinogen which is activated to pepsin when mixed with HCL.
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What does mucus do?
It protects the stomach lining from gastric juice
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What adds a new epithelial layer every three days?
Cell division
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What is the first portion of the small intestine?
duodenum
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What does the pancreas produce?
- Bicarbonate which neutralizes the acidic chyme | - Proteases, trypsin and chymotrypsin
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Fat digestion is facilitated by _______
bile salt
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The small intestine has a huge _________ that is exposed to the intestinal lumen and greatly increases the rate of nutrient absorption
microvilli surface
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What carries nutrient-rich blood from the capillaries of the villi to the liver
hepatic portal vein
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What does the liver do?
- Regulates nutrient distribution - Interconverts many organic molecules - Detoxifies many organic molecules
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Epithelial cells absorb fatty acids and monoglycerides and recombine them into _________
triglycerides
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These fats are coated with __________, ________ and __________ to form __________
phospholipids, cholesterol and proteins; water-soluble chylomicrons
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Chylomicrons are transported into a lacteal, a lymphatic vessel in each vessel. True/False
True
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The large intestine includes what?
colon, cecum and rectum
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Colon leads to the ______ and ________
rectum and anus
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What is the cecum?
Where the small and large intestines meet | In animals, it aids in fermenting ingested plant material
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The human cecum has an extension called the ___________ which acts as a reservoir for symbiotic microorganisms
appendix
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The colon completes the recovery of _________ that began in the small intestine
water
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________ vertebrates have less specialized teeth
Nonmammalian
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________ have large expandable stomachs
Carnivores
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Why do herbivores have longer alimentary canals than carnivores?
They need longer time to digest vegetation
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What is the microbiome?
The collection of the microorganisms living on the body
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What does H.pylori cause?
stomach ulcers
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Fermentation occurs in esophageal derivations?
- Rumen - Reticulum - Omasum
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Herbivorous diet have evolved in the animals' called ________
ruminants(4 chambers)
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What is Aabomasum?
True stomach
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What are giant tubeworms?
They have no digestive system and obtain nutrients from mutualistic bacteria within their bodies
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The steps in the digestive system are regulated by the _________
enteric nervous system
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In humans, energy is stored first in the _______ and __________ in the form of ___________
liver and muscle cells; glycogen
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Excess energy is stored in fat in _________
adipose cells
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When fewer calories are taken in, the human body expends ________ first then ________________
liver glycogen; muscle glycogen and fat
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Glucose homeostasis relies on the opposing effects of two hormones, which are?
insulin and glucagon
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What is insulin and glucagon?
- They are both produced by islets of the pancreas - Alpha cells make glucagon - Beta cells make insulin
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What is the site for glucose homeostasis?
liver
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_________ are an exception; they can take up glucose whether insulin is present
Brain cells
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What is diabetes mellitus caused by?
It is caused by deficiency of insulin or a decreased response to insulin in target tissues
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What is type 1 diabetes?
It is an autoimmune disorder where the immune system destroys the beta cells of the pancreas, sos insulin is not produced. APPEARS DURING CHILDHOOD
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What is type 2 diabetes?
Insulin is produced but the target cell is not responding GENERALLY APPEARS AFTER THE AGE OF 40 NO EXRERCISE
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How do hormones regulate long-term and short-term appetite?
They do by affecting a "satiety center" in the brain
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What are some diseases that obesity contribute to?
``` colon cancer breast cancer type 2 diabetes heart attacks strokes ```
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What is Ghrelin?
It is a hormone that is secreted by the stomach wall and it triggers feelings of hunger before meals
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What is insulin?
It suppresses appetite acting on the brain
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What is leptin?
It is produced by adipose tissue and suppresses appetite and regulates body fat levels
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What is PYY?
It is secreted by the small intestine after meals to suppress appetite

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