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Digestion
Digestion, Absorption, & Metabolism in Health & Disease
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How many liters of water should an adult average per day? | 2 liters |
| This is the only hormone that allows blood glucose to be used by the body cells? | Insulin |
| The energy required for the basic processes of life is called what? | Metabolism |
| These are required for metabolic processes? | Hormones |
| Cellular nutrition is related to what? | Metabolism |
| What sense is required to recognize flavor? | taste |
| The inability to swallow is called? | dysphagia |
| A diet that makes it easier to swallow than drinking thin liquids is called? | Thickened liquids |
| An inflammatory condition of the stomach is called? | gastritis |
| The definition of dyspepsia is what? | Indigestion |
| This raises blood sugar and works against insulin? | glucagon |
| The breaking down of food & injesting, & allowing intestinal absorption is called? | digestion |
| This disease presents with an intolerence of gluten? | Ciliac disease |
| Microscopic hair-like projections are known as? | villi |
| Name 2 forms of digestion? | Chewing- mechanical Saliva- chemical breakdown with enzymes |
| Gastric amylase, pepsin, lipase,intestinal pancreas, sucrose, lactase, maltase, trypsin, & lipase are examples of whaT? | Digestive enzymes |
| The energy required to injest (chew and transport), digest, & metabolize food nutrients is called? | Specific dynamic action of food |
| Where are minerals absorbed? | small intestine |
| What 3 macro-nutrients are used in digestion? | carbs, proteins, & fats |
| Name 3 stages of swallowing? | oral, pharyngeal, esophageal |
| Are Pharyngeal & esophageal digestion voluntary or in-voluntary? | involuntary |
| Is oral digestion voluntary or involuntary? | voluntary |
| Which is life threatening food allergies or food intolerence? | food allergies |
| The opening of the diaphragm that allows food to move up is called a what? | hyietal hernia |
| The protein of fats is primarily absorbed where? | illium |
| GERD stands for what? | gastro, esophageal, reflux disease |
| Where are fats produced? | Liver |
| Where are fats stored? | gall-bladderogen |
| The most common digestive problem is called? | lactose intolerence |
| Which carb is hardest to digest? | fiber |
| Fiber leads to hydrogen & methane gas otherwise known as? | farts |
| True or false? Water is found both intracellular and extracellular? | true |
| What hormone is released in the morning? | growth hormone |
| Where does the kreb cycle occur? | mitochrondia of the cell |
| Glucose and fructose do not require digestion because they are what? | simple sugars or monosaccarhides |
| Where does absorption mainly occur? | small intestine with the villi |
| The breaking down of nutrients is known as? | Catabolic process |
| What does the epinephine hormone does what to the metobolic rate? | increases it |
| When does the body release cortisol? | during periods of stress |
| How does water help with digestion & metabolism? | Needed for saliva & gastric secretions helps with swallowing body temp control cellular metabolism |
| Minerals are mainly absorbed in the? | duodenum |
| Glucose and water soluble vitamins are mainly absorbed where? | jejunum |
| what carb treats IBS | fiber (metemucil) |
| what is the inflammation of the large intestine | collitis |
| anabolic does what | builds up |
| catabloic does what | breaks down |
| antibiotics have an effect on digestion because it does what to bacteria | destroys helful and harmful bacteria |
| this syndrome leads to neurological disorders, and has effects on GI tract, and is deficiency of vitamin B3 | kwashiorkors syndrome |
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