Digestion Flashcards
how many incisors do children have? (X4)
2
how many incisors do adults have? (X4)
2
how many cuspids do children have? (X4)
1
how many cuspids do adults have? (X4)
1
how many bicuspids do children have? (X4)
0
how many bicuspids do adults have? (X4)
2
how molars do children have? (X4)
2
how molars do adults have? (X4)
3
how many teeth do children have total?
20
how many teeth do adults have total?
32
why do our teeth/jaws not fit our mouths?
- jaw typically too small for 3rd molars (wisdom teeth)
- decrease in jaw size throughout recent human evolution
- as the brain got bigger, humans developed new technologies/ approaches to food
human evolutions of food?
1.cutting/utensils
2.control of fire
3.agriculture
4.pottery
(large powerful jaw was no longer selected for- shrunk)
what are the common monosaccharides?
glucose, fructose, galactose
what are the common disaccharides?
maltose, sucrose, lactose
what are the common polysaccharides?
cellulose, strach, glycogen
what is hydrolysis?
Polysaccharide-disaccharide-monosaccharide