Metabolism Flashcards
Do catabolic or anabolic break down reactants
Catabolic
Do catabolic or anabolic reactions reassemble or build
Anabolic
This describes every single biochemical reaction in the body
Metabolism
This vitamin helps with iron absorption
Vitamin C
This vitamin is crucial in blood clotting
Vitamin K
This vitamin is important in production of ATP from glucose
Vitamin B
Which minerals harden bones and teeth
Calcium, magnesium, phosphorus
This mineral is important in hemoglobin
Iron
These minerals are used in body’s ph balance and action potential
Potassium (K), Sodium (Na), Chlorine (Cl)
Which are the essential fatty acids
Omega 3 & 6 fatty acids
What do proteins make up
Muscle and connective tissue
Ions channels & pumps
Enzymes
2 laws if thermodynamics
Which concerns entropy
- Energy is neither created nor destroyed but changes forms
2. From each Energy exchange there is Energy lost - Entropy
2 nutritional states
- Absorptive state: Fed state (During or after eating)
2. Postabsorptive state: (Fasting)
Number of calories you need daily
Basal metabolic rate
Insulin does what
Where does it come from
Takes glucose from the blood and store it in the cells
Pancreas and Beta cells