exam #3 Key Term Part 4 Flashcards
the act of eating or feeding
ingestion
where food is broken down into molecules small enough for the body to absorb
digestion
consuming something for energy
feeding
plant eaters(primary consumers)
herbivores
animal eaters
carnivores
plant and animal eaters
omnivores
insufficient intake of nutrients that result in low body fat.
undernutrition
failure to obtain adequate nutrition
malnutrition
imbalance nutritional status resulting from excessive intake of nutrients
overnutrition
ingest liquids containing organic molecules in solution (hummingbird)
fluid feeders
eat small particles of organic matter, small organisms in suspension of fluids (bacteria and plankton)
suspension feeders
ingest small organic particles; organisms that are part of solid matter (dirt or sand) that feeders live in or on
deposit feeders
consume large pieces of organisms or entire large organisms (humans)
bulk feeders
the splitting process where there is a chemical breakdown by digestive enzymes of a fat or macromolecule links together smaller components releasing a molecule of water. where thinks break bonds through the addition of water
enzymatic hydrolysis
breaks down starches and glycogen
amylases
break down of lipids
lipases
what goes on inside of cell
intracellular digestion
what goes on outside of a cell
extracellular digestion
a pouch, that functions in digestion as well as in the distribution of nutrients throughout the body
gastrovascular cavity
throat region that leads to the esophagus
pharynx
inside space of the intestine
lumen
muscular tube that connects to the stomach
esophagus
ground made into fine particles by sand/rocks
gizzard
tublar part of of alimentary canal that extends from stomach to anus
intestine
located below the diaphragm, and has two roles in digestion: storage, and processing food into a liquid suspension
stomach