Digestion and Waste Flashcards
Why do we eat?
To obtain Nutrients (Essential nutrients )
To obtain Energy- ATP
To obtain carbon (to build macromolecules)
To obtain lots of nutrients especially ‘essential nutrients”
(essential fatty acids mineral amino acids minerals) (things we cant make ourselves
What are 4 types of macromolecules?
nucleic acids(Rna DNA), proteins polysaccharides, fat
What are organic compounds ?
Complex carbon-based molecules that are arranged in chains or rings
What are polymers ?
Longs chains of individual organic molecules (monomer)
What are the monomers that make up nucleic acid’s proteins and polysaccharides?
Nucleotides
Amino acids
Monosaccharides
What are enzymes?
are proteins that break down other molecules
Named after the thing they break plus ‘ase’
Essential Nutrient
We make most fatty acids and amino acids (out of individual elements starting with carbon)
The ones we can’t make are essential and must be obtained from the diet
Why is a plant diet important?
Plants make many essential nutrients
That’s why a plant diet is important
Cultures around the world developed complete diets
Beans and rice to obtain all essential amino acids
Vitamins
Organic molecules needed for metabolism
Act as coenzyme
Pro vitamin
molecule we need to eat this is almost a vitamin and our body will convert it to what we need
What are
2 types of vitamins ?
Water soluble
fat soluble
Minerals
Inorganic molecule Ex; sodium potassium (many elements) We need many in trace amounts Found in many foods Can be toxic in excess amounts
Bulk feeding
most animals including humans
eating large pieces of food
Substrate feeding
are animals that live in or on their food source
ex- maggots moth caterpillar
Fluid feeding
suck nutrient rich fluid from a living host
ex- humming birds bees(beneficial) parasites aphids mosquitoes
Ingestion
taking food into the body
Digestion
Breaking down food into smaller pieces
Doesn’t matter if its inside out outside the body
Absorption
the animals cells take up (absorb) small molecules such as amino acids and simple sugars
Elimination
the passing of undigested material out of the body
Gastrovascular cavity
A central cavity with a single opening in the body of certain animals, including cnidarians and flatworms, that functions in both the digestion and distribution of nutrients
Alimentary canal
a complete digestive tract consisting of a tube running between a mouth and an anus
Incisor
the front teeth present in most mammals
Canine
a pointed tooth between the incisors and premolars of a mammal, often greatly enlarged in carnivores
Premolar
are transitional teeth located between the canine and molar teeth.
have a flat biting surface
Molar
are large, flat teeth at the back of the mouth
Cellulose
humans cant digest this it passes through like a fiber
Cellulase
an enzyme that convert cellulose into glucose or a disaccharide
Ammonia
a small toxic molecule produced as a metabolic waste product of protein and nucleic acid metabolism
Breaking peptide bonds results in this
Easily diffuse into water
No additional cost in its removal
Urea
A soluble nitrogenous waste produced in the liver by a metabolic cycle that combines ammonia with carbon dioxide
uric acid
A product of protein and purine metabolism and the major nitrogenous waste product of insects, land snails, and many reptiles. Uric acid is relatively nontoxic and largely insoluble
filtration
In excretory systems, the extraction of water and small solutes, including metabolic wastes, from the body fluid.
Reabsorption
In excretory systems, the recovery of solutes and water from filtrate.
Excretion
The disposal of nitrogen-containing metabolites and other waste products.
Protonephridium
An excretory system, such as the flame bulb system of flatworms, consisting of a network of tubules lacking internal openings.
Metanephridium
An excretory organ found in many invertebrates that typically consists of tubules connecting ciliated internal openings to external openings
Malpighian tubule
A unique excretory organ of insects that empties into the digestive tract, removes nitrogenous wastes from the hemolymph, and functions in osmoregulation
Nephron
a nephron with a loop of Henle located almost entirely in the renal cortex
Explain the four stages of urine production.
- Filtration
Blood pressure pushes water and solutes across filter membrane (glomerulus (ball of cells or capillaries))
Outer opening is small than inner opening so pressure pushes stuff out into membrane into excretory tubule that’s called filtrate
body fluid (blood, coelomic fluid, or hemolymph) is brought in contact with the selectively permeable barrier that acts as a biological filter. (blood pressure in many animals) drives a process of filtration. Cells, as well as proteins and other large molecules, encounter the filter but cannot penetrate it and remain in the body fluid. In contrast, water and small solutes such as salts, sugars, amino acids, and nitrogenous wastes cross the filter, forming a solution called the filtrate. - Reabsorption
Water and important solutes that the animal wants are absorbed back from the excretory tubule into the capillary (salts sugars amino acids bicarbonate water) are returned to the blood either actively or passively
Whats left over after you reclaim water and solutes, things you didn’t want ammonia and toxins in the excretory tubule which eventually becomes urine - Secretion
Toxins (drugs) are actively secreted out of blood into the excretory tube;(active transport ATP pumps ) - Excretion
filtrate(containing nitrogenous waste) is excreted as urine (hopefully very concentrated if you have reclaimed most water)
Describe the linkages between the digestive, respiratory, renal, and circulatory systems.
“The respiratory system brings oxygen into the lungs when you breathe. The digestive system breaks food down into nutrients such as glucose. Now the circulatory system enters the picture. It transports glucose and other nutrients from the digestive system to the cells.”
Water soluble
The B vitamins (B1 B2 B3 B5 B6 B7 B9 B12)
Vitamin c
Get these from plants mostly or milk
Fat soluble
A D E K
Get these from plants mostly
excesses of fat-soluble vitamins accumulate in the fat stores and can be released to the blood when the fat is metabolized, causing toxicity
Who was Linus Pauling and what did he believe?
Chemist
Known for his push for vitamin c consumption (came to know that the more you consume the better but there is no evidence supporting this )
Any excess vitamin C gets peed out of body because they are water soluble
Are minerals essential?
We cannot make these, so these are essential