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AP MOD.II-Metabolism
Nutrition and Metabolism
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| metabolism | process of using nutrient molecules as energy sources |
| catabolism | process of breaking nutrients down to release energy-uses oxygen |
| anabolism | process of building nutrients up |
| vitamins | organic molecules needed for normal metabolism |
| avitaminosis | deficiency of a vitamin |
| scurvy | vitamin C deficiency |
| minerals | inorganis molecules |
| basal metabolic rate | (BMR)-rate of metabolism when body is resting |
| total metabolic rate | (TMR)-total amounts of energy (calories) used by body per day |
| anorexia nervosa | behavioral disorder characterized by chronic refusal to eat |
| bulimia | behavioral disorder of craving food then self-denial |
| obesity | abnormally high body fat |
| protein-calorie malnutrition | (PCM)-deficiency of calories and protein |
| marasmus | condition caused by lack of calories |
| kwashiorkor | condition caused by protein deficiency despite adequate calories |
| fever | high body temperature |
| mailgnant hyperthermia | inherited condition that causes increased body temperature under anesthesia |
| heat exhaustion | overheating problem in which body is dehydrated but body temperature is normal |
| heatstroke | potentially life-threatening condition of overheating of body |
| hypothermia | a body temperature lower than 95 degrees |
| frostbite | local tissue damage caused by extreme cold |