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Chapter 25
Living World 7th Edition Powerpoint
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Biology
Undergraduate 3
04/19/2012

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The food animals eat provides both a source of ? and ? that the animal body is not able to manufacture itself
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energy; essential molecules
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An optimal diet conatins more ? than fats and also a significant amount of ?
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carbohydrates; protein
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What are the two main uses of food?
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Energy and Nutrients
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Carbs are obtained primarily from...
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cereals, grains, and breads
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What does the body use carbs for?
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Short-term energy use
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What are dietary fats obtained from? Where are they abundant?
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oils, margarine, and butter and are abundant in fried food, meats, and processed snack foods
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What does the body use fats to do?
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construct cell membranes, to insulate nervous tissue, and to provide energy.
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Are fats used for long term or short term energy use?
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Long term energy use
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Without lipids (fats) you would not have a functioning...
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cell membrane
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NO animal cell has enzymes that can break down...
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cellulose
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What is the energy storage molecule in plants?
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Starch
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Can animals digest starch?
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Yes
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What is the energy storage molecule in animals?
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glycogen
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Enzymes are a biological catalyst that help speed up the...
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rate of the chemical reaction by lowering the amount of energy required to start the reaction.
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Where can proteins be obtained from?
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many foods including poultry, fish, meat, and grains
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Proteins are used for energy and as building materials for...
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cell structures, enzymes, hemoglobin, hormones, and muscle and bone tissue
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Proteins can act as ? in a cell membrane
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pumps
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The standard measure of the appropriate body weight is the...
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BMI
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What do diets that are low in fiber result in?
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a slower passage of food through the colon
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Low fiber is thought to be associated with incidences of ?
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colon cancer
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Many vertebrates are unable to manufacture one or more of the ? amino acids used to make proteins.
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20
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How many amino acids are humans unable to synthesize?
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8
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How are essential amino acids obtained?
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Through food
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What are some essential minerals that food must supply?
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Calcium and Phosphorous
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What are the minerals that are required in very small amounts called?
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Trace elements
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What are essential organic substances that are used in trace amounts called?
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vitamins
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What are many vitamins required co-factors for?
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Enzymes
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What are the electrolytes?
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Potassium (K+) , Sodium (Na+), Chloride (Cl-), Phosphorous (P3-), Calcium (Ca2+)
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Into how many groups and how are heterotrophs divided?
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3; on the basis of their food sources
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What are the 3 groups of heterotrophs and what do they eat?
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herbivores eat plants exclusively
carnivores are meat eaters
omnivores eat both plants and animals
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How do single celled organisms and sponges digest their food?
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intracellularly
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All other animals digest their food ?, within a ?
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extracellularly; digestive cavity
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What is the alimentary canal?
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a digestive tract with a separate mouth and anus
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What does the alimentary canal permit?
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specialization
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What is an example of an organism that has an alimentary canal?
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Earthworm
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In humans and other vertebrates, the digestive system consists of a tubular ? and accessory organs.
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gastrointestinal tract
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Why do herbivores have long convoluted small intestines?
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because they ingest a large amount of plant cellulose, which resists digestion
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What kind of structure does the tubular gastrointestinal tract have?
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a layered structure
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How do birds, which lack teeth, break up food?
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in their two-chambered stomachs
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What is the first chamber of the birds stomach called and what does it do?
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the proventriculus, produces digestive enzymes
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What is the second chamber of the birds stomach called and what does it do?
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gizzard contains small pebbles ingested by the bird, which are churned together with the food by muscular action
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What kind of dentition do mammals have and what does it mean to have these types of teeth?
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heterodont dentition, teeth of different specialized types
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What are human teeth specialized for?
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Being omnivorous (eating both plants and animals)
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humans are ? in the front of the mouth and ? in the back
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carnivores; herbivores
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What is the use of saliva?
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moistens and lubricates food so that it is easier to swallow; contains a hydrolytic enzyme called amylase
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What does the enzyme amylase do?
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Initiates the breakdown of starch into the disaccharide maltose
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What prevents food from going into the respiratory tract?
Definition
epiglottis
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What is the esophagus?
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a muscular tube that connects the pharynx to the stomach
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Rhythmic waves of contractions, called ?, propel food towards the stomach
Definition
peristalsis
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How does the sphincter control movement of food from the esophagus into the stomach?
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contraction of the sphincter prevents food in the stomach from moving back into the esophagus
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What can happen if the sphincter relaxes when it shouldn't?
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acid reflux
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Why does the stomach contain an extra layer of smooth muscle?
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for churning food
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What do parietal cells secrete?
Definition
hydrochloric acid (HCl)
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What do chief cells excrete?
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pepsinogen
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What is the pH of gastric juice? Is it more acidic or basic than blood?
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2; acidic
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What is chyme?
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the name for the mixture of partially digested food and gastric juice
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How do ulcers occur?
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Overproduction of gastric acid can occasionally eat a hole through the wall of the stomach
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What is the intrinsic factor necessary for?
Definition
intestinal absorption of vitamin B12
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What is vitamin b12 necessary for? What can the lack of this vitamin cause?
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production of red blood cells; pernicious anemia
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True digestive vat of the body?
Definition
small intestine
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Where are most enzymes that are necessary for digestion made?
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pancreas
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The pancreas is an exocrine gland. What does this mean?
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it secretes through ducts
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What is the first part of the small intestine called?
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duodenum
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Much of the food energy the vertebrate body harvests is obtained from...?
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fats
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Fat digestion involves ? that are secreted into the duodenum by the ?
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bile salts; liver
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What is the use of the jejunum?
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where digestion continues
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What is the use of the ileum?
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where water and digested products are absorbed
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The lining of the small intestine is folded into ridges, which are covered with fine projections called...?
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villi
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Each of the cells covering the villus is covered by a field of projections called...?
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microvilli
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What is the main function of the large intestine?
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to compact and store undigested material as feces
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Why are ruminants called ruminants?
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have large divided stomachs
one section, the rumen, harbors symbiotic prokaryotes and protists
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Give two examples of ruminants.
Definition
cow and deer
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Where do other herbivores, such as rodents, horses, and rabbits, harbor microorganisms that can digest cellulose?
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cecum
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What is coprophagy?
Definition
eating feces in order to further process cellulose
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What do trypsin and chymotrypsin do?
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digest proteins
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What does pancreatic amylase do?
Definition
digests starch
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What does lipase do?
Definition
Digests fats
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What does the pancreas secrete the neutralizes HCl from the stomach?
Definition
bicarbonate
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Where does the pancreas produce hormones?
Definition
in the islets of Langerhans
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What are the two most important pancreatic hormones?
Definition
insulin and glucagon
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How do gallstones form?
Definition
If the bile duct in the liver becomes blocked
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The liver produces ? and stores it in the ? where it is concentrated
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bile; gallbladder
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How does the liver remove toxins, pesticides, carcinogens, and other poisons?
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by converting them into less toxic forms
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Excess amino acids that may be present in the blood are converted to...?
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glucose
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