Nutrition And Digestion Flashcards

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1
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Balanced

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Eating a variety of food to provide all the things the body needs

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Digestion

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Process that breaks down food into soluble substances in our body

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3
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Enzyme

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Chemical that can break up large molecules

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4
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Egestion

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When feces are pushed out of the anus

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5
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Malnutrition

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Lack of proper nutrition caused by not eating a balanced diet

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Molecule

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Two or more atoms joined together

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Oesophagus

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The pipe under your throat which delivers the food to your stomach

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Pancreas

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And were going to suggest that produces enzymes and hormones

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Salivary gland

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An organ in your mouth which makes saliva

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Small intestine

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Digests all the food and absorbs all soluble substances

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Stomach

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Which contains strong acid which helps with digestions

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12
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5 food groups

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Minerals, vitamins, fats, carbs, proteins

Ex. Predator Cat Fight Viscous Mice

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13
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Two important materials

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Fibers and water

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14
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Rickets

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Calcium deficiency …

So,soft and deformed bones

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Pellagra

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Vitamin niacin deficiency…..

So, sunlight sensitivity ,weakness ,Redskin ,aggression

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Goitre

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Iodine deficiency ……lack of seafood

So,2 big lumps on ur neck

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Scurvy

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Vitamin. C deficiency….

So,bleeding gums

18
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What helps digests food say it in order

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Mouth, salivary glands, oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum , anus

19
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How do enzymes help digestion

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Digestive enzymes break down protein, carbohydrates and fats into progressively smaller components. Enzyme supplements normally contain amylase, protease and lipase.

20
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Absorption

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To take in ex. When soluble substances pass through the wall of the small intestine through our blood stream

21
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Kwashiorkor

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Protein deficiency

So, big belly