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Nutrition
Chapter 3
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Health Care
Undergraduate 3
10/19/2008

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Term
enzymes in the mouth and their functions
Definition

salivary amylase - breaks down carbs

 

salivary lipase - breaks down fats

Term
top and bottom opening muscles of stomach
Definition

top - cardiac sphincter

 

bottom - pyloric sphincter

Term
high fiber meals pass through the digestive system _________________ than low-fiber meals
Definition
FASTER
Term
what is the area of small intestine
Definition
1/3 a football field
Term
what percent of digestion takes place in the small intestine?
Definition
95
Term
3 parts of the small intestine
Definition

duodenum

jejenum

ileum

Term
purpose of villi, microvill in small intestine
Definition
increase surface area
Term
accesory organs
Definition

liver

 

gallbladder

 

pancreas

Term
function of liver
Definition

Prodecues Bile!

 

bile emulsifies fat to later be digested by enzymes in SI

 

converts glucose to glycogen

Term
purpose of gallbladder
Definition
stores bile and releases it into duodenum
Term
purpose of pancreas
Definition

secretes pancreatic amylase and pancreatic lipase

 

secretes bicarbonate which neutralizes stomach acid

 

 

Term

digestion starts in the  ________

 

it is a(n) ___________ process

Definition

 

 

mouth

 

 

 

catabolic  (breaks down larger molecules into smaller ones)

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