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Chapter 45 Nutrition

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Nutrient   any organic or inorganic substance that is taken in by an organism and is required for survival, growth, development, tissue repair or reproduction  
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Nutrition   process of consuming and using food and nutrients  
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Organic nutrients are   carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, nucleic acids and vitamins  
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Inorganic nutrients are   water and minerals  
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Herbivores eat   plants only  
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Herbivore's digestive system has   microorganisms that help break down cellulose  
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Carnivores eat   meat  
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Omnivores eat   plants and meat  
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4 phases of digestion are   Ingestion, digestion, absorption and egestion  
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Ingestion   food is consumed  
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Digestion   nutrients are broken down into smaller molecules in the digestive canal  
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Absorption   ions, water and small molecules diffuse or or transported out of the digestive canal into the bodily fluids  
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Egestion   undigested waste products are excreted  
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Function of carbohydrates   supply energy-wielding glucose and the carbon required for building organic molecules  
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Function of proteins   supply amino acids that build new proteins and provide energy  
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Function of nucleic acids   components required for DNA, RNA and ATP synthesis  
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Function of vitamins   coenzymes in reactions  
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Essential nutrients   needed but not made by the body. Must be obtained from outside sources in their entire form  
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4 types of essential nutrients   amino acids, fatty acids, vitamins and minerals  
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Number of essential amino acids   9.  
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Essential amino acids   builds protein. Made by some herbivores  
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Essential fatty acids help with   pain, blood clotting and smooth muscle contraction  
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Essential vitamins   coenzymes for metabolic and biosynthetic reactions  
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2 categories of essential vitamins   water soluble and fat soluble  
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Water soluble vitamins   can't be stored. must be regularly ingested  
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Fat soluble vitamins   stored in adipose tissue  
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Essential minerals   inorganic ions required by animals for normal functioning. Bone, muscle, nervous tissue, cofactors etc.  
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Factors that affect mineral usage   species, age, weight, health status, and food eaten  
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Opportunistic animals   have a strong preference for one type of food but can adjust their diet if the need arises  
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Ways to obtain food   suspension, bulk and fluid  
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Suspension feeders   sieve water, filtering out the organic material and expelling the rest. Water  
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Bulk feeders   eat food in large quantities. Humans. Most mammals  
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Fluid-feeders   lick/suck fluid from plants or animals. Mosquitos  
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Intracellular digestion   phagocytosis to bring food particles directly into a cell where food is put into vacuoles. Hydrolytic enzymes digest food into monomers, then used directly by the cell  
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Extracellular digestion   protects cells from hydrolytic enzymes. Food enters digestive cavity, stored, slowly digested, and absorbed gradually over long periods of time. Humans  
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Gastrovascular cavity   Part of simplest form of digestion. Digestion occurs in it and fluid movements also serve as a circulatory system to distribute digested nutrients throughout the body.  
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Alimentary canal   single, elongated tube. Opening at both ends which food passes from. Smooth muscle and epithelial.  
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Lumen   digestive enzyme  
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Small hydrophobic molecules...   diffuse down concentration gradients across epithelium  
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Ions/other molecules...   transported by facilitated diffusion or active transport. ATP needed  
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Alimentary canal aka   gastrointestinal tract  
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Human GI consists of   oral cavity, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small and large intestines and anus  
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Accessory structures of GI   tongue, teeth, salivary glands, liver, gallbladder and pancreas  
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3 sections of alimentary canal   anterior, middle and posterior  
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Anterior   Ingestion. Oral cavity, salivary glands, pharynx and esophagus  
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Middle   Storage. Crop/gizzard/stomach, upper part of small intestine, pancreas, liver and gallbladder  
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Posterior   final digestion, absorption and elimination. Lower part of small intestine, large intestine and anus  
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Saliva produced from glands in   cheeks, tongue and throat.  
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Functions of saliva   moisten/lubricate, dissolve food particles, kill bacteria, initiate digestion of sugars  
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Amylase   enzyme that breaks down sugar  
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In pharynx swallowing is   voluntary  
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In esophagus swallowing is   involuntary  
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peristalsis   rhythmic, spontaneous waves of muscle contraction that begin near the mouth and end at the stomach  
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Crop   storage organ found in most birds. Food is stored and softened.  
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Birds that eat more seed have   larger crops  
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stomach   saclike organ that evolved as a means of storing food  
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True stomach produces   hydrochloric acid  
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HCl   helps digest food and kill bacteria  
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Inactive pepsinogen is converted by HCl into active   pepsin  
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Pepsin   digests protein  
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Carbohydrates and lipids are NOT digested in   the stomach  
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Chyme   food in its digested form. Contains water, salts, molecular fragments of proteins, nucleic acids, polysaccharides, droplets of fat and other small molecules  
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Small intestine   tube that leads from stomach to large intestine. Almost all digestion of food and absorption of nutrients and water  
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Digested nutrients are absorbed across _______ _______ and into the blood.   epithelial cells  
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Duodenum   first portion of intestine  
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Pancreas   secretes digestive enzymes and bicarbonate  
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Liver   site of bile production.  
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Bile contains   bicarbonate, cholesterol, phospholipids, organic wastes and bile salts  
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Bicarbonate ______ stomach acid   neutralizes  
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Bile salts break up ______ _____ and increases its accessibility to digestive enzymes   dietary fat  
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Gallbladder   releases bile. Precisely times with consumption of fats  
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Cecum   first part of large intestine. Small pouch that extends appendix  
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Herbivores have a _______ cecum   large  
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Colon   second part of large intestine  
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Rectum   third part of large intestine. Ends with anus  
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Large intestine   stores and concentrates fecal material before defecation absorbs some of remaining salts and water not absorbed by small intestine  
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Matter broken down in small intestine   starch, lipids and carbohydrates  
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Matter broken down in stomach   protein and carbohydrates  
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Vitamins, minerals and water stay in their whole form and are   not digested  
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Regulation of digestion is by   nervous and endocrine systems  
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Local control of digestion is by   neurons within the alimentary canal  
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Long distance control of digestion is by   brain  
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Gastrin   hormone that stimulates smooth muscle control in the stomach and moves chyme into small intestine. Stimulates acid production by stomach  
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Heartburn   excess stomach acid in esophagus. Happens when sphincter doesn't close entirely or is forced open. Acid irritates nerve endings  
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Ulcer   erosion of alimentary canal. Most occur in the stomach. Due to a bacteria  
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Diaarhea   loose, watery stool occurring at least 3 times a day. Result from bacteria, virus, stress or reaction to food/medication  
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