Digestive System Flashcards
Sodium source
Salt
Potassium source
Fish dry beans
Calcium source
Milk cheese fish leafy vegetables
Phosphorus source
Milk cheese meat
Magnesium source
Milk cheese fish nuts
Chloride source
Salt
Iron source
Red meat fish liver egg yolk
Iodine source
Sea good iodised salt
Sodium and chloride function
Maintenance of water balance
Potassium and magnesium function
Makes muscles function and verve impulses fire
Calcium and phosphorus function
Hardens bone and teeth
Calcium and phosphorus function
Hardens bone and teeth
Iron function
Prevents anaemia
Iodine function
Prevents goitre
Why must we eat
-energy
-growth
-regulation body processess
Why must we drink water
-medium where digestion takes place
-lubricant in digestive tract
-solvent for digested foods
-reagent in digestion
-transports digestive food stuffs in solution in blood
Protein source
Meat fish legumes
Carbohydrates source
Starch and sugars
Fats and oils source
Butter olive oil nuts
Vit A source
Carrots liver
Vit B1 source
Whole grain products
Vit C source
Fresh fruit and vegetables
Vit D source
Butter cheese sunlight
Protein function
-building blocks in body growth
-repair damaged tissue cells
-enzymes are proteins
-anti-bodies are proteins
Protein deficiency
Kwashiorkor
-no pigment in skin
-water retention
-poor growth & development
Carbohydrates function
-starch->glucose
-glucose is cellular energy
-fibre(cellulose) helps peristalsis and stops constipation
Carbohydrates deficiency
Marasmus
-wasting away of fat, muscle other tissues
-extremely skinny
Fats and Oils function
-reserve energy
-protects organs
-insulator
Fats and oils deficiency
-listlessness
-shortage of fat soluble vitamins
Vit A function
-role in eye function
-maintain epithelial tissue
Vit A deficiency
-Night Blindness
-Xerolfthalmia (cornea hardening)
Vit B1 function
-role in nervous co-ordination
Vit B1 deficiency
-Beri Beri
-Nerve-Skin condition
Vit C function
-maintain connective tissue
-enhances immunity
Vit C deficiency
-scurvy
-no resistance to disease
Vit D function
-absorption is of calcium
-build strong bones and teeth
Vit D deficiency
-Rickets (soften bones = bow legs)
-brittle bones
