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nutrition vocab word
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Calories | is the measurement of energy in food |
| Chemosynthesis | process by which ATP is synthesized by using chemicals as an energy source instead of light. |
| Energy | strength for physical and mental activity |
| Ingestion | taking in of food from the environment. Is not directly useful to the cells and must be changed. |
| Absorption | process by which nutrients move out of one system and into another. |
| Bulimia | eating disorder |
| Anorexia | a lack or loss of appetite for food due to the desire to lose weight |
| Digestion | breaks down food into simpler form that can be used by organisms |
| Peristalsis | the involuntary constriction and relaxation of the muscles of the intestine |
| Cellulose | substance that is mainly in the plant cell wall |
| Capillary | fine branching blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules |
| Villi | finger like projections in the small intestine that absorbs the nutrients |
| Roughage | passage of food and waste products through the gut |
| Egestion | releases of indigestible food from the large intestine after water and vitamin have been reabsorbed |
| Chyme | partially digested,semi liquid mixture that passes from the stomach to the small intestine |
| Constipation | when poop is hard and dry because of the lack of water |
| Body mass index | weight to height ratio |
| Autotroph | are capable of making their own food from inorganic molecules |
| Emulsification | a mixture of two or more liquids |
| Heterotroph | must obtain food from the environment |
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