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