Unit 2 Flashcards
The place where digestion begins?
Mouth.
The 30-foot-long passageway for food?
Alimentary Canal.
A trapdoor that keeps food out of the trachea?
Epiglottis.
The first section of the small intestine?
Duodenum.
Hairlike tubes that receive digested food?
Villi.
The largest internal organ?
Liver.
The organ where most food is digested?
Small Intestine.
The organ whose major purpose is to store food?
Stomach.
A pear-shaped sac that stores bile?
Gallbladder.
A pair of organs that filter impurities from the blood?
Kidneys.
Need equivalent of six large glasses daily?
Water.
Deficiency leads to osteoporosis?
Calcium.
Should make up less than one fourth of diet?
Fats.
The form of sugar used by cells for fuel?
Glucose.
Lacks germ and bran?
White flour.
Produced by proteins?
Enzymes.
Missing two or more hydrogen-atom pairs?
Polyunsaturated.
Work together to help change food into energy?
B-complex Vitamins.
Deficiency causes scurvy and infections?
Vitamin C.
Builds hemoglobin?
Iron.
Roughage that cleans the intestinal walls?
Fiber.
A common name for lactose and maltose?
Sugar.
The elements found in sugars–carbon, hydrogen, and _____?
Oxygen.
The most common disease in man?
Dental caries.
A teenager needs between 2,000 and 3,000 daily?
Kilocalories.
A word for poor nutrition or undernourishment?
Malnutrition.
A word for overeating and then purging?
Bulimia.
An extreme fear of getting fat that keeps someone from eating even when he should eat?
Anorexia nervosa.
The solution to an overweight problem is eat less and?
Exercise more.
Would it be wiser to eat 100 kilocalories in an apple or two chocolate chip cookies?
An apple.
The number of fewer calories needed to lose one pound a week?
500.
Obesity is the state of being overweight?
20% or more.
Generally you get fewer calories from foods that are broiled or fried?
Broiled.
The optimal lean body content should be 73%-85% and for boys?
80%-90%
