Introduction, Cell, Digestion Flashcards
Study of food and how the body makes use of it.
Nutrition
To maintain health process and life
Nutrition
State of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity.
Health
Chemical substances found in food
Nutrients
Basic unit of life
cell
What are the three major parts of cell
Cytoplasm, cell membrane, nucleus
Protects the cell
Cell membrane
Organelles
Cytoplasm
Passageway for the transport of materials within the cell
Endoplasmic Reticulum
Has ribosomes attached to its membranes in order to synthesize secretory proteins
Rough ER
Has no ribosomes attached and synthesizes lipids and carbohydrates
Smooth ER
Tiny structures of protein and rRNA that are sites of protein synthesis
Ribosomes
String of flat membranous sacs that synthesize carbohydrates
Golgi Apparatus
Powerhouse of the cell
Mitochondria
Suicide bag
lysosome
Shapes of bacteria
cocci, bacilli, dimorphic