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| digestion | the mechanical and chemical breaking down of food into smaller components
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| Pytalin | enzymes in saliva
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| peristalic | the contraction of muscles
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| gastric juice | strong acid liquid in the stomach
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| enzyme | special protiens that help chemical reactions take place
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| pepsin | degrate food
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| villi | little fingerlike projections in the small intestrine that absorb nutirents from the chyme mixture
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| anemia | when you don't get enough iron, characteristics, lack of energy,weakness,shortness of breath, and cold hands and feet
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| carbohydrates | nutrients that provide the quickest burn for energy of any other nutrients
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| fats | a concentrated source of stored energy as well as insulated for the body
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| malnutrition | faulty or inadequate nutrition
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| oxidation | when glucose in the cells combine with oxygen to produce energy and heat
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| RDA | the acronym for the amount of a nutrient needed by 98% of the people in a given age and gender group
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| basal metabolism | the minimum amount of energy you need to maintain these body processes in the body
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| chyme | churned foods into al iquid during the digestive process
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| metabolism | living cells use nutrients in mny chemical reactions that provide energy for vital processes and activities
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| pancreas | the organ in the body that gets worn out and fails to secrete enough juice when we eat to many carbs
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| calorie | the amount of energy neded to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water 1 degree celcius. its our measurement of energy for our bodies
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| glucose | when fully broken down, carbohydrates become simple sugars that our bodies need
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| glycogen | nthe storage form of glucose
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| vitamins | these are needed in snall amounts but they help regulate many vital processes
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| minerals | these help the body work properly
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| salivary glands | produces saliva, and pytalin
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| esophagus | muscular tube that food uses to get tho the stomach
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| liver | bile is produced here
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| gallbladder | biles stored here
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| trachea | airway
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| caridiac sphincter | the valve between the distal end of the esophagus and the stomach; the physiological sphincter at the esophagogastric junction
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| small intestine | major part of digestion
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| large intestine | absorbs water from remains in stomach
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