digu Flashcards
carbs
sources of energy for activities starches as bread potatoes cereal and sugar candy syrup and most fruits building blocks of glucose
The six basic nutrients
carbs fats and oils proteins and vitamins and minerals and water
protein
building blocks in amino acidsbuild and repair body tissue
meat cheese eggs milk
fats and oils
source of stored energy for activities that are bacon and vegetable oils lipids from cell membrane
vitamins
necessary for healthy enzyme function
minerals
important in building body parts
water
dissolves and transports materials, places where chemical reaction occurs
enzyme
organic catalyst
Iron
hemoglobin
enzyme too
speeds up chemical reaction
glucose
C6 H12 02
mouth
teeth cuts and choose food and breaks it down
esophagus
Utube made of smooth muscle that connects the mouth the mouth to the stomach
stomach
stomach muscles turn and mash food into chime the enzyme protease breaks down protein
small intestine
where most of the chemical Digestion occurs
large intestine
absorbs water from the undigested substances, feces
liver
makes bile and stores it in the gallbladder
pancreas
makes digestive enzymes for the stomach and small intestine and and makes a hormones Glucagon and insulin
peristalsis
squeezes food down esophagus
calorie
amount of energy needed to help increase the temperature to 1°C of 1 g
fats
foreign by fatty acids nd glycerol helps protect organs insulate the body and store energy
stomach
food from esophagus empties into large muscular sac
chyme
A mixture made by stomach muscles that contract to turn and mix stomach fluids and food
villi
folded projection that increases surface area of the walls of the small intestine also looks like fingers
amylase
an enzyme found in saliva it breaks down chemical bonds between the sugar monomers in starches
