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Digestion Flashcards

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Stimulates stomach to empty

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Gastrin

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Digestive hormone that stimulates the secretion of HCI and Pepsinogen by gastric glands in the stomach and increasing gastric motility and emptying

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Gastrin, found in stomach mucosa

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2
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Substances absorbed in the stomach

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Water, alcohol

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3
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Pancreatic enzyme that digests fat

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Pancreatic lipase

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Tributyrinase breakdown this substance in stomach

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Particular fatty acids

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Indigestible cArbs that nourish micro flora in colon

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Prebiotics

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7
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Purpose is to emulsify fat, produced by liver

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Bile

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9
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Made in the pancreas, neutralizes stomach acid

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Bicarbonate

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10
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Where galactose and fructose are converted to glucose

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Liver

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11
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Live bacteria

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Probiotics

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12
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CHO absorption occurs

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Lower duodenum/upper jejunum

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13
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Glucose and galactose require this kind of transport

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Active

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14
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Made by pancrease, works on starch

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Pancreatic amylase

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15
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Fructose requires this kind of transport

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Facilitated diffusion

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17
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Makes lipids appear to be water soluble in order to cross layer of unstirred waters

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Micelle

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18
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Fat is absorbed first into the _____system and then dumps into the blood stream

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Lymph

19
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Glycogen is stored in two primary places

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Muscles and liver

20
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CHO and PRO are transported via portal circulation to

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Liver

25
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Allows lipids to enter into blood

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Chylomicron

27
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Pancreatic Proteases that digest protein

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trypsin, chemo trypsin,carboxypolypeptidase

32
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Digestive hormone that inhibits gastric secretion and motility, increases output of water and bicarbonate from the pancreas, increases bile output from liver

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Secretin, in duodenal cells

38
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Breaks down protein in stomach

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Pepsin

Nutrition (8 decks)

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