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Nutrition Exam One
Chapters One - Three
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Undergraduate 2
01/29/2007

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Satiety is regulated by the...
Definition
Hypothalamus
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6 Classes of Nutrients
Definition
Fats, Proteins, Carbs, Vitamins, Minerals, Water
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Inorganic Nutrients
Definition
Minerals and Water
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Organic Nutrients
Definition
Carbs, Fats, Vitamins, and Proteins
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Vitamins
Definition
Organic, Non-Energy Yielding, Essential, Some Water Soluble Vs. Some Fat Soluble, Vulnerable to Destruction
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Minerals
Definition
Inorganic, Non-Energy Yielding, Essential, Indestructible
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Water
Definition
Inorganic, Non-Energy Yielding, Essential
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Estimated Average Requirement
Definition
The average amount of a nutrient that meets the needs of about half the population
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Recommended Dietary Allowances
Definition
Recommended amounts that meet the needs for most healthy people in the population
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Adequate Intakes
Definition
Used to specify the amount that seems to meet the needs of most people when an RDA is not established
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Tolerable Upper Intake Levels
Definition
Maximum daily amount of a nutrient that deems safe
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Estimated Energy Requirement
Definition
Average dietary energy intake needed for most of the healthy people population
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Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Ranges
Definition
The ranges of intakes of distributed calorie-providing nutrients to preven chronic disease
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Epiglottis
Definition
Prevents Choking
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Peristalsis
Definition
Muscle contraction
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Sphincters
Definition
Regulate the flow of food through the body
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Lower Esophageal Sphincter
Definition
Where food enters
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Pyloric Sphincter
Definition
Allows chyme to enter the small intestine
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Chyme
Definition
A mixture of stomach secretions and partially digested food
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3 Parts of The Small Intestine
Definition
Duodenum, Jejunum, Ileum
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Peristalsis
Definition
Movement that propels material along the GI tract
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Villi
Definition
Located on the walls of the small intestine, expands size to 600X, contains blood vessels, rapid cell turnover
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Pancreas produces...
Definition
Glucagon and insulin
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Gall bladder stores and secretes...
Definition
bile
Term
Liver
Definition
Enterohepatic circulation
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Who forms feces?
Definition
Large intestine
Term
Length of large intestine?
Definition
3.5 feet
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