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Nutrition In Animals Flashcards

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What are carbohydrates function?

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Fuel for respiration

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What foods can be a source of carbohydrates?

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Bread, rice, and potatoes

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What are the functions of proteins?

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Growth and repair of cell tissues

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What foods can you obtain proteins from?

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Meat, eggs and fish

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What are the functions of lipids ?

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Store energy, insulation, hormones

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What foods can you obtain lipids from ?

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Butter, cooking oil and avocados

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How do carbohydrates act as a fuel for respiration ?

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They are broken down into glucose

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8
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What is energy measures in ?

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KJ

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9
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What is iron needed for ?

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It forms the part of the haemoglobin that binds to the oxygen

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10
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What food can you obtain on from?

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Red meat, liver and spinach

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11
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What is the disease for iron deficiency ?

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Anaemia

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12
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What does anaemia cause?

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The inside of your eyelids to turn pale pink, and chronic fatigue

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13
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What is calcium needed for ?

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To form bones and teeth

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14
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What foods can you obtain calcium from?

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Milk, fish and dairy products

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15
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What is the disease caused by a deficiency of calcium?

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Rickets

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16
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What does Rickets cause?

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Malformed legs

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17
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What are iron and calcium?

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Minerals

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18
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What is the function of vitamin a?

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Creates a chemical in the retina and also protects the surface of the eye

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19
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What foods can you obtain vitamin A from ?

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Liver, butter and carrots

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20
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What occurs when you have a deficiency in vitamin a?

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Night blindness and damaged cornea

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21
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What is the function of vitamin c ?

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It is needed for cell and tissues to stick together

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22
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What food can you obtain vitamin c from ?

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Fresh fruit , and vegetables

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23
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What is the name of the vitamins C deficiency ?

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Scurvy

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24
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What is the function of vitamin d ?

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It is needed to absorb calcium and phosphate ions from food

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25
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What foods can you obtain vitamin d from ?

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Dairy products and oily fish

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26
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What happens when you have a vitamin D deficiency ?

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If you like vitamin di your body cannot absorb calcium so if you don’t have calcium you can get Rickets

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What is the function of water?

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To transport the components of blood and for temperature regulation

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28
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What is the function of fibre ?

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Helps the movement of food through the intestine

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29
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What food can you obtain fibre from ?

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Fruit and vegetables as they contain cellulose

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30
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What is the alimentary canal ?

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It is the pathway which food travels down

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Ingestion

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Taking food in through the mouth and swallowing

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Digestion

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Breaking down food into smaller pieces (Physical digestion) and small molecules (chemical digestions)

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Absorption

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Taking small food molecules out of the gut and into the blood

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Assimilation

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Using molecules gained from food to build new molecules, cells and tissues from the body

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Egestion

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Passing out undigested food through the anus

36
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What two types of digestion occur at the mouth?

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Mechanical, and chemical

37
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Mechanical digestion in the mouth

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This is breaking up food into smaller pieces by mastication (chewing) chewing increases the surface area for enzymes

38
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Chemical digestion in the mouth

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Saliva is released in the mouth by the salivary gland. This lubricates the food but also contains the enzyme amylase. Amylase breaks down carbohydrates

39
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Equation of starch to maltose

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Starch —-amaylse—> maltose

40
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What PhD does amylase work best at ?

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Neutral

41
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What happens when amylase reaches the stomach ?

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It is denatured and stops working

42
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The mouth shapes the food into a ball, called what ?

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Bolus

43
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What is the flap in the back of the mouth which blocks the food from entering the trachea called ?

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Epiglottus

44
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What is the oesophagus ?

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Is a long pipe that connects the mouth to the stomach

45
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How is the food push down in the oesophagus and intestines?

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Peristalsis

46
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What are the two sets of muscles at the oesophagus ?

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Longitudinal and circular muscles

47
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What two types of digestion occur at the stomach ?

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Mechanical and chemical

48
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Why do the muscles in the stomach constantly churn the contents of the stomach ?

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Ensuring that all the contents is covered in enzymes

49
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How does chemical digestions happen in th stomach ?

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It happens due to the release of pepsin from gastric glands present in the stomach wall

50
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What does pepsin breakdown ?

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Protein –pepsin–>polypeptide

51
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What is pepsins optimum pH

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Acidic pH

52
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What does the mucus lining in the stomach stop ?

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The stomach being burnt through due to hydrochloric acid

53
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What occurs at the small intestine ?

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Digestion and absorption

54
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What occurs at the duodenum ?

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Digestion

55
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What enzymes are released in the duodenum ?

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Amalyse, lipase, trypsin and Maltase

56
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Where are the enzymes that are released in the duodenum produced ?

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Pancreas

57
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Equation for the maltase enzyme

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Maltose —maltase–> glucose

58
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Equation for lipase enzyme

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Lipids —lipase—> 3 fatty acids

+ glycerol

59
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Equation for trypsin enzyme

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Polypeptides —-trypsin–> amino

Acids

60
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What is the optimum pH levels of the small intestine enzymes ?

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Neutral pH

61
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How does the small intestine neutralise the stomach acid ?

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Release bile

62
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Where is bile produced ? And where is it stored ?

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Liver and stores in the gall bladder

63
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Where is bile released ?

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Bile duct

64
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What is emulsification ?

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Bile salts present in the bile break up the fat droplets into tiny droplets. Increasing the surface area. This increases the rate at which lipase can act

65
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What occurs at the Ileum ?

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Absorption

66
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What is the ileum covered in?

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Lots of folds and villi

67
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What increases the rate of diffusion at the ileum ?

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  • large surface area
  • thin walls
  • high density of capillaries
  • large blood flow
68
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What are the small projections on the cells lining the villi called ?

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Microvilli, these increase surface area

69
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How is most of the food molecules absorbed in the ileum ?

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Diffusion

70
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How is glucose absorbed in the ileum ?

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Active transport

71
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What two sections are large intestine broken down into?

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Colon and rectum

72
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What happens at the colon ?

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It is the site for all reabsorption of water

73
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What occurs at the rectum ?

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The faeces are stored and egested from the anus

74
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Excretion

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The removal of waste substances produced by the body

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