7 Sc Nutri & Digest Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
AMINO ACID | BUILDING BLOCK OF PROTEIN |
CARBOHYDRATE | CLASS OF ORGANIC NUTRIENTS THAT SUPPLIES THE BODY WITH ITS MAJOR ENERGY SOURCES; SUGAR, STARCH, AND CELLULOSE. |
CHYME | THIN, WATERY PRODUCT THAT IS THE RESULT OF DIGESTION. |
CHEMICAL DIGESTION | DIGESTION THAT TAKES PLACE IN THE MOUTH, STOMACH, AND SMALL INTESTINE. |
DIGESTION | MECHANICAL AND CHEMICAL PROCESS THAT BREAKS DOWN FOOD INTO SMALL MOLECULES SO THEY CAN BE USED BY THE BODY'S CELLS. |
MECHANICAL DIGESTION | PROCESS THAT OCCURS WHEN FOOD IS CHEWED AND MIXED IN THE MOUTH AND CHURNED IN THE STOMACH. |
ENZYME | SPECIFIC PROTEIN THAT REGULATES AND SPEEDS UP ALMOST ALL CHEMICAL REACTIONS IN CELLS WITHOUT BEING CHANGED THEMSELVES. |
FAT | CLASS OF ORGANIC NUTRIENTS THAT PROVIDES ENERGY AND HELPS THE BODY ABSORB SOME VITAMINS, MAY BE SATURATED OR UNSATURATED. |
FOOD GROUP | FOODS THAT CONTAIN THE SAME NUTRIENTS. |
INORGANIC | MOST COMPOUNDS MADE FROM ELEMENTS OTHER THAN CARBON. |
ORGANIC | MOST COMPOUNDS THAT CONTAIN CARBON. |
MINERAL | INORGANIC NUTRIENT THAT REGULATES MANY CHEMICAL REACTIONS IN THE BODY. |
NUTRIENTS | SUBSTANCES IN FOODS THAT PROVIDE ENERGY AND MATERIALS FOR CELL DEVELOPMENT, GROWTH, AND REPAIR. |
PERISTALSIS | WAVELIKE, MUSCULAR CONTRACTIONS THAT MOVE FOOD THROUGH THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM. |
PROTEIN | LARGE, ORGANIC MOLECULE THAT IS MADE UP OF AMINO ACIDS AND THAT ARE NEEDED FOR GROWTH AND REPAIR OF BODY CELLS. |
SALIVA | WATERY, ENZYME-CONTAINING FLUID IN THE MOUTH THAT IS MIXED WITH FOOD DURING DIGESTION. |
VILLI | FINGER-LIKE PROJECTIONS IN THE SMALL INTESTINE WHERE NUTRIENTS ARE ABSORBED INTO THE BLOODSTREAM. |
VITAMINS | WATER-SOLUBLE OR FAT-SOLUBLE ESSENTIAL, ORGANIC NUTRIENTS THAT ARE NEEDED IN SMALL QUANTITIES TO HELP REGULATE BODY FUNCTION. |
HOMEOSTASIS | REGULATION AND MAINTENANCE OF AN ORGANISM'S INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT. |
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