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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ABSORPTION | ACTION OF NUTRIENTS ENTERING INTO THE TISSUES OF THE SMALL INTESTINE BY FINGER LIKE STRUCTURES CALLED MICROVILLI |
| ALIMENTARY CANAL | CONTINUOUS TUBE FROM THE MOUTH TO THE ANUS |
| ANABOLISM | PROCESS OF METABOLISM THAT FORMS OR BINDS TOGETHER SMALLER MOLECULES TO MAKE LARGER ONES |
| BILE | SUBSTANCE MADE BY LIVER AND STORED IN THE GALLBLADDER |
| BOLUS | MASS OF CHEWED FOOD AND SALIVA FORMED IN THE ORAL CAVITY |
| CARBOHYDRATE | CARBOHYDRATES ARE DIGESTED INTO THEIR SIMPLEST FORM WHICH IS GLUCOSE |
| CATABOLISM | PROCESS OF METABOLISM THAT BREAKS DOWN SUBSTANCES INTO SMALLER ONES |
| CHOLESTEROL | IT IS USED IN TRANSPORTATION AND IS A COMPONTENT OF CELL MEMBRANES |
| CHYME | SEMILIQUID THAT FORMS WHEN THE BOLUS IS BROKEN DOWN BY ENZYMES AND ACIDS IN THE STOMACH |
| DEFECATION | ACT OF REMOVING SOLID WASTE FROM THE BODY |
| DIGESTION | ACT OF BREAKING DOWN FOOD INTO NUTRIENTS THAT CAN BE USED BY THE BODY |
| EXCRETION | ELIMINATION OF SUBSTANCES |
| EMULSIFICATION | ACT OF BILE BREAKING DOWN FAT CONTAINED IN THE CHYME |
| FAT | FATS ARE A TYPE OF LIPID AND ARE BROKEN DOWN INTO TRIGLYCERIDES |
| INGESTION | ACT OF TAKING FOOD INTO THE MOUTH |
| MASTICATION | ACT OF BREAKING DOWN OR CHEWING OF FOOD |
| METABOLISM | GENERAL TERM FOR ALL THE CHEMICAL REACTIONS THAT OCCUR IN THE BODY |
| DECIDUOUS TEETH | FIRST TEETH OR BABY TEETH |
| NUTRIENT | ESSENTIAL SUBSTANCES THE BODY NEEDS TO GROW REPAIR AND SUSTAIN LIFE FUNCTIONS |
| VITAMINS | ARE ORGANIC MOLECULES NEEDED ONLY IN SMALL AMOUNTS BY THE BODY |
| MINERALS | ARE INORGANIC SUBSTANCES NEEDED IN A SMALL OR TRACE AMOUNTS BY THE BODY |
| AMINO ACID METABOLISM | REGULATES AMINO ACID LEVELS IN THE BLOOD CREATES 12 OF THE 20 AMINO ACIDS |
| CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM | REGULATES BLOOD GLUCOSE METABOLISM CONVERTS GLUCOSE TO GLYCOGEN AND GLYCOGEN BACK TO GLUCOSE |
| LIPID METABOLISM | SYNTHESIZES CHOLESTEROL AND FORMS LIPOPROTEINS THAT ACT AS CARRIES FOR THE OTHER SUBSTANCES |
| PLASMA PROTEIN SYNTHESIS | PRODUCES BLOOD PROTEINS TO MAINTAIN BLOOD VOLUME FROM CLOTS AND ACT AS TRANSPORT |
| FORMATION OF BILIRUBIN | REMOVES BILIRUBIN FOR RED BLOOD CELLS AND SECRETES IT INTO THE BILE |
| STORAGE | STORES VITAMINS A D E K B12 MINERALS AND WATER |
| DETOXIFICATION | DETOXIFIES HARMFUL SUBSTANCES SUCH AS ALCOHOL AND DRUGS |
| CHOLECYSTITIS | INFLAMMTION OF THE GALLBLADDER MOST OFTER CAUSE BY GALLSTONES |
| CROHN DISEASE | SWELLING OF THE ILEUM THAT CASUES DIARRHEA ABDOMINAL PAIN RECTAL BLEEDING AND LOSS WEIGHT |
| DIARRHEA | LOOSE WATERY STOOLS CAUSED BY BACTERIA VIRUSES MEDIATIONS INTESTINAL DISORDER |
| DIVERTICULITIS | INFLAMMATION OF ONE OR MORE DIVERTICULA OR POUCHES THAT HAVE FORMED THE COLON WALL |
| DIVERTICULOSIS | CONDITION IN WHICH DIVERTICULA OR POUCHES FORM IN THE WALL OF THE COLON |
| GASTROENTERITIS | SYMPTOMS ARE WATERY DIARRHEA ABDOMINAL CRAMPS NAUSEA VOMITTING LOW GRADE FEVER |
| GERD | IMPROPER CLOSURE OF CARDIC SPHINCTER THAT CAUSES STOMACH ACID TO BACK UP INTO THE ESOPHAGUS |
| HEMORRHOIDS | SWOLLEN VEINS EITHER IN THE ANAL CANAL OR NEAR THE ANAL SPHINCTER |
| IBS | SYMPTOMS ARE LOWER ABDOMEN PAIN AND BOUTS OF DIRRHEA AND CONSTIPATION |
| PYLORIC STENOSIS | AFFECTS INFANTS NARROWING OF THE PYLORUS SO THAT DIGESTED FOOD CANNOT ENTER THE DUODENUM |
| ULCERS | EROSION OF THE STOMACH LINING ESOPHAGUS OR SMALL INTESTINE BECAUSE OF INCREASED STOMACH ACID AND POSSIBLY BY THE BACTERIA |
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