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Nutrition
nutrition vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alimentary canal | the whole passage along which food passes throug the body from mouth to anus. |
| anus | is the orifice that solid waste comes through to leave the body. |
| appendicitis | inflammation of the vermiform appendix. |
| appendix | is part of the colorectal anatomy of a human that supports the immune system. |
| bile | is a bitter fluid secreted by the liver that helps in digestion,or bile is bitterness and anger. |
| chemical digestion | the process in the alimentary canal by which food is broken op physically. |
| chyme | it passes froom the stomach into the smaal intestine,where the chyle is formed from it. |
| colon | is a ponctuation mark(;) used to shows that what follows. |
| constipation | a condition in which the faces are hard and eliminarion in from the bowels is infrequent. |
| diarrhea | a cordition in which feces are discharged from the bowels frequently and inaliquid form. |
| asophagus | the part of the alimentary canal that connects the throat to the stomach. |
| feces | waste matter eliminated from the bowels:excrement. |
| gall bladder | the small sac-shaped organ beneath the liver,in which bile is stored colorless acidic fluid. |
| gastric juice | athinclear,virtually colorlessacidic fluid secreted by the stonmach glands and active in promoting digestion. |
| hydrochloric acid | a strong,highly corrosive acid that is a water solution of the gas hydrogen chloride,hcl. |
| large intestine | the portion of the intestine that extends form the ileum to the anus,forming an arch. |
| lipases | that catalyzes the breakdown of fats and lipoproteins usually into fatty acids and glycerol. |
| liver | the difinition of liver is made with this organin or of the same color as this organ. |
| mechanical digestion | is the physical act of breaking down the food by non- chemical means. |
| mucus | the thick,slimy secretion of the mucous memebrane,that moistens and protects them. |
| oral cavity | the cavity of the mouth especially. |
| pancreas | the pancreas is a long gland located behinel the stomach that secretes digastive juices into. |
| pepsin | adigestive enzime in the gastic juice of stomach secretions that catalyzes the splitting. |
| peristalsis | the shythemic,ware like motion of the walls of the alimentary canal and certain other. |
| ptylin | and amylase in the saliva of humans and some other animalsthat converts starch into varioun. |
| rectum | the lowest,or last,segment of the latge intestine,exten. |
| rennin | a cosgulating enzyme that cancurdie milk,found in rennet. |
| saliva | the thys,watery,slightly viscid fluid secreted by the salivary glands. |
| salivary glands | agland that secretes saliva,especially any of thrre pais of glands. |
| small intestine | the part of the intestine that runs between the stomach and the large intestine. |
| stomach | the internal organ in which the major part of the digestion of food occurs. |
| ulcer | an open sore on an extarnal surface of the body,caused by a break in the skin. |
| villi | Any of numerous minute elongated projections set closely together on a surface. |