Nutrition In Humans Flashcards
What is food required for?
Energy, growth and repair if tissues, disease prevention, warmth
What’s in a balanced diet?
Carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, vitamins, minerals, fibre, water
Where would you find carbohydrase?
Salivary glands, pancreas, small intestine
Where would you find protease?
Stomach, pancreas, small intestine
Where would you find lipase?
Pancreas, small intestine
What is absorption during digestion?
He products are absorbed into the bloodstream
How do the villi help absorption
Larger SA, blood supply and shortening diffusion distances
What is assimilation during digestion?
Products are absorbed into the cells and are used fir energy or built up into chemicals
What is egestion during digestion?
Water, undigested food,enzymes,dead cells, bile pigments and mucus move through the large intestine
Water is removed before passing
What are proteins made of?
Chains of amino acids
What are lipids made of?
Fatty acids and glycerol
What are starch and glycogen made of?
Simple sugars
Where can you find vitamin a and what is up it used for?
Found in meat and some veg. Used for pigment in retina
Where can you find vitamin c an what is it used for?
In citrus. Skin health
Where can you find vita,in d and what is it used for?
Fish liver oil and dairy. Healthy bones
