Test

Question 0

Name the 6 macro and micro nutrients and explain the function of each. Also lost the calories per gram for each.

Answer 0

Macro - Carbohydrates (4), proteins (4), fats (9). Must be broken down before they are absorbed.
Micro- vitamins, minerals, water. They are directly absorbed.

Question 1

What is fiber and why is it important?

Answer 1

An Indigestible carbohydrate and it’s important because it can help prevent cancer of the colon.

Question 2

What nutrients are directly absorbed?

Answer 2

Minerals, proteins, water

Question 3

What nutrient can’t the body do without?

Answer 3

Water

Question 4

What are two types of vitamins?

Answer 4

Fat soluble (stored) and water soluble (urinated put).

Question 5

What percent of the body is water?

Answer 5

60%

Question 6

What is the formula for how ,ugh water should be consumed daily?

Answer 6

Weight/2 in ounces.

Question 7

What is the key carbohydrate energy source for the body?

Answer 7

Glucose

Question 8

How is glucose stored in the body?

Answer 8

Converted to ATP

Question 9

How many calories does fat have the carbohydrate or protein?

Answer 9

5

Question 10

What is the body’s first fuel choice?

Answer 10

Carbohydrate

Question 11

What is the body’s second fuel of choice?

Answer 11

Fats

Question 12

What is the body third fuel choice?

Answer 12

Proteins

Question 13

Where does digestion begin?

Answer 13

Mouth

Question 14

What are enzymes?

Answer 14

They speed up reactions

Question 15

What is the alimentary canal and what is another name for it?

Answer 15

Gastral intentional Tract and its a muscular tube approximately 30 feet long.

Question 16

Define accessory organs

Answer 16

They aid digestion but aren’t part of the canal.

Question 17

Define bolus

Answer 17

A round ball of food

Question 18

What’s is peristalsis?

Answer 18

The wavelike circular muscle contractions occurring throughout the alimentary canal.

Question 19

Define rugae

Answer 19

Rugae is folds or creases in stomach lining.

Question 20

What are gastric pits?

Answer 20

Located in the stomach and produce gastric juice and acid

Question 21

Define chyme

Answer 21

Creamy mass of mix and churned food in stomach

Question 22

List the 3 parts and the function of the small intestine

Answer 22

Duodenum, ileum, and jejunum. Function: absorption of nutrients.

Question 23

Where is the blue stored and what is it role?

Answer 23

In the gall bladder and its in the break down of fat

Question 24

What is the role of the pancreas?

Answer 24

Produces insulin

Question 25

Define absorption

Answer 25

The passage of digested food is U from the gastral intentional tract into the circulatory system.

Question 26

At what stage of life are ones energy needs the greatest?

Answer 26

Toddler

Question 27

Define metabolism

Answer 27

All of the biochemical processes for life

Question 28

Define metabolic rate

Answer 28

The rate at which the body burns calories

Question 29

Define BMR

Answer 29

Basal metabolic rate. The rate calories are burned at rest

Question 30

What are the essential amino acids?

Answer 30

Cannot be synthesized by the body

Question 31

What are the non essential amino acids

Answer 31

They are synthesized by the body

Question 32

What is the role of the liver

Answer 32

Produces bile salts. Changes toxic waste. Stores vitamins.

Question 33

What is ATP

Answer 33

ATP is the body's energy storage molecule

Question 34

What is ADP

Answer 34

ADP is a combines with a free phosphate to to produce ATP

Question 35

What is catabolism?

Answer 35

Catabolism is the breaking down process of metabolism

Question 36

What is anabolism?

Answer 36

The building up process of metabolism

Question 37

What is the role of the thyroid?

Answer 37

To maintain insulin level in the body

Question 38

List 4 factors affecting metabolism/weight

Answer 38

Age, gender, height, activity level

Question 39

What is the role of submandibular, parotid, and sublingual glands

Answer 39

3 pairs secrete saliva to dissolving foods tasted, softens and moistens food

Question 40

Cholesterol is?

Answer 40

Type of fat found in all of your body's cells

Question 41

What is HDL.

Answer 41

High density lipoprotein, high amount

Question 42

What is LDL

Answer 42

Low density lipoprotein, low amount

Question 43

What number is desirable in terms of cholesterol?

Answer 43

Less than 200

Question 44

What is the number for ideal blood pressure?

Answer 44

115/75

Question 45

Which number is systolic and what is it?

Answer 45

Top number, pressure exerted when the heart contracts

Question 46

Which number is diastolic and what is it?

Answer 46

Bottom number, pressure in the arteries when the heart is at rest

Question 47

Define metabolic syndrome?

Answer 47

A collection of health risks increasing the chafe of developing heart disease, stroke, and diabetes.

Question 48

What is cardiovascular disease

Answer 48

Disease affecting the heart and or blood vessels.

Question 49

List 3 no modifiable factors of cardiovascular disease

Answer 49

``` Blood pressure (high) Diabetes Inactivity Smoking Cholesterol (high), obesity, and overweight ```

Question 50

Your heart is the size of what?

Answer 50

Fist

Question 51

Does breakfast jumpstart metabolism?

Answer 51

Yes