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Human Nutrition Flashcards

Ch 28

1
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Herbivores?

A

Animals that feed on plants

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Carnivores?

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Animals that feed on animals only

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Omnivores?

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Animals that feed on plants & animals

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4
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Eg of herbivore?

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Sheep

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5
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Eg of carnivore?

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Cats

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6
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Eg of omnivore?

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Humans

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7
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Nutrition?

A

Way in which an organism gets and uses its food

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8
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2 types of nutrition?

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Autotrophs & Heterotrophs

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Autotrophs?

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Make their own food

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Heterotrophs?

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Can’t make their own food, take in food from environment

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11
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Eg of autotroph?

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Plants making food by photosynthesis

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12
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Eg of heterotroph?

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Animals

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13
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Types of heterotrophs?

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Parasites & Saprophytes

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14
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Parasites?

A

Food from a live source

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15
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Saprophytes?

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Food from a dead source

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16
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Eg of parasite?

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Fleas, disease-causing bacteria

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17
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Eg of saprophyte?

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Bacteria + fungi that cause decay

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18
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Digestion?

A

The physical + chemical breakdown of food

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19
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Where does digestive system start & end?

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Starts at mouth,
Ends at anus

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20
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What are attached to digestive system?

A

Associated glands

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21
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Name 3 associated glands?

A

Salivary glands,
Liver (+ gall bladder)
Pancreas

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22
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Name 4 processes in human nutrition?

A

Ingestion,
Digestion,
Absorption,
Egestion

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Ingestion?

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Taking in of food into digestive system. When food is placed into mouth.

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24
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Digestion?

A

Breakdown of food

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25
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Absorption?

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When digested food passes from digestive system and enters into the blood

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26
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Egestion?

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Removal of undigested/unabsorbed waste from the digestive system/human body

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27
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2 types of digestion?

A

Physical & Chemical

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28
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Physical digestion?

A

Mechanical breakdown of food

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29
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When does physical digestion take place?

A

When we chew food or churn it in stomach

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30
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What does physical digestion do?

A

Increases surface area so chemical digestion can efficiently take place

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31
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Chemical Digestion?

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Breakdown of food using enzymes

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32
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Types of teeth?

A

Incisors,
Canines,
Premolars,
Molars

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33
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Function of incisors?

A

Cut + slice

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34
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Function of canines?

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Grip + tear

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35
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Function of premolars?

A

Crush + grind

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36
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Function of molars?

A

Crush + grind

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37
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Where are incisors?

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Front of mouth

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38
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What are canines like?

A

Long, pointed, fang-like

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39
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What are premolars like?

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Large, flat surfaces

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40
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Where are molars?

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Back of jaw

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41
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Dental Formula?

A

2(I 2/2 C 1/1 PM 2/2 M 3/3)

42
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Upper numbers in dental formula =?

A

No. of teeth on one side of upper jaw

43
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Lower numbers in dental formula =?

A

No. of teeth on same side of lower jaw

44
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Where does mechanical digestion take place?

45
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How does mechanical digestion take place?

A

Chewing + grinding of teeth on food

46
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Where does chemical digestion take place?

47
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How does chemical digestion take place?

A

By action of enzyme amylase

48
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Where is amylase found?

49
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Saliva contains?

A

Water,
Salts,
Mucus,
Lysozyme,
Amylase

50
Q

pH of mouth?

51
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Function of epiglottis?

A

Closes over trachea/windpipe and ensures food passes down the oesophagus

52
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Function of oesophagus?

A

Carry food to stomach by an involuntary wave of muscular contraction called peristalsis

53
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Peristalsis?

A

Wave of muscular action in the walls of the alimentary canal that moves the contents along

54
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Can humans digest cellulose?

55
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Eg of fibre source?

A

Wholemeal bread, cereals, fruit/veg

56
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What does fibre store/absorb?

57
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Fibre causes what to expand?

A

Unabsorbed waste

58
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What disease does fibre reduce the risk of?

A

Colon cancer

59
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What’s the stomach?

A

Muscular bag that holds + digests food

60
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Protease?

A

An enzyme that digests protein

61
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What’s pepsinogen?

A

Inactive enzyme

62
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HCI stands for what?

A

Hydrochloric acid

63
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Hydrochloric acid gives stomach a pH of what?

64
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Contraction of stomach walls helps what?

A

Churn + digest food mechanically,
Turns into thick soupy mixture called chyme

65
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When does chyme leave stomach?

A

In small amounts when a muscle at the base of stomach opens briefly

66
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What hormone does pancreas secrete?

A

Insulin (+ digestive materials)

67
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Pancreatic juice consists of what?

A

Salt sodium-hydrogen carbonate

68
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What does pancreatic juice do?

A

Neutralises chyme from stomach

69
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Where is liver located?

A

Under diaphragm

70
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Functions of liver?

A
  • Break down RBC’s
  • Make bile (digestive function)
  • Converting excess cabs to fat
  • Stores glycogen
  • Storing Vitamins Eg: A+D
71
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Bile is formed from what?

A

Remains of damaged RBC’s

72
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Colour of bile?

A

Yellow/green

73
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Bile consists of?

A

Water,
Bile salts,
Bile pigments

74
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Does bile have enzymes?

75
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Where is bile made?

76
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Where is bile stored?

A

Gall bladder

77
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Where does bile enter and through where?

A

Enters duodenum through bile duct

78
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Functions of bile?

A
  • Impulsifies lipids
  • Neutralises chyme from stomach
  • Excrete pigments, made from damaged RBC’s
79
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How does bile increase surface area?

A

By breaking down large fats+oils into droplets.

80
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3 parts of small intestine?

A

Duodenum,
Jejunum,
Ileum

81
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Function of duodenum?

A

Carries out digestion

82
Q

Function of ileum?

A

Absorb nutrients

83
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Function of Villus/Villi

A

Increase surface area for absorption

84
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Food absorbed by (villus/villi)

85
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Adaptations of villi for absorption?

A
  • Large numbers increase SA
  • Large numbers of microvilli increase Sa
  • Walls only one cell thick
  • Have rich blood capillary supply
86
Q

What’s deamination?

A

Amino acids not used by body, broken down in liver, forming urea

87
Q

What’s inside each villus

88
Q

What liquid does each lacteal contain?

89
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What’s transported by lymph?

90
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What are absorbed into cells of villus lining?

A

Fatty acids + glycerol

91
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Adaptations of the Ilim (small intestine) for Absorption

A
  • very long
  • has numerous villi + microvilli
  • walls of villi very thin
  • rich blood capillary supply to carry water-soluble products away
92
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Functions of large intestine?

A
  • absorption of water
  • egestion
  • perystalsis
  • absorb vitamins
93
Q

Below large intestines junction with small intestine is what?

94
Q

What’s found at end of caecum?

95
Q

What’s vestigal?

A

Organs that have lost former use

95
Q

What does colon do?

A

Reabsorbs water,
Produces vitamins B+K

96
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What’s egestion?

A

Removal of undigested waste

97
Q

What’s a balanced diet?

A

Contains all required food types in the correct proportions

98
Q

Amount of needed food depends on?

A

Age
Activity levels
Gender
Health

99
Q

7 components of balanced diet?

A

Carbohydrate
Protein
Lipid
Vitamins
Minerals
Fibre
Water

100
Q

Foods containing similar nutrients arranged into 4 food groups?

A

Cereals Breads Potatoes,
Fruit Vegetables,
Milk Cheese Yoghurt,
Meat Fish Poultry

101
Q

Food pyramid?

A

Suggested servings for each food group

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