Human Nutrition Flashcards
1
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Nutrition
A
The way an organism obtains and uses its food
2
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Autotrophic
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Capable of producing its own food
3
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Heterotrophic
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Not capable of producing its own food, must obtain food form other organisms
4
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Digestion
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The process of breaking down food into soluble molecules
5
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Ingestion
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The taking of food into the body
6
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Absorption
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The passing of small soluble molecules into the bloodstream
7
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Egestion
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The removal of unabsorbed materials from the body
8
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Mechanical digestion
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Breakdown of food by physical means
9
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Balanced diet
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Contains the correct amounts of all food types and water
10
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Food pyramid
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Diagram showing the correct number of servings of different foods to have a balanced diet
11
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Peristalsis
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Wave of muscular action in walls of the alimentary canal that moves contents along
