carbohydrates
lipids
proteins
vitamins
mineral
100

this monosaccharide is key for providing the body with energy

What is glucose?

100

This type of fatty acid has all of the carbon atoms attached to hydrogen atoms

What is a saturated fatty acid?

100

the building blocks of proteins

what are amino acids?

100

for vegetarians, this is an alternative to vitamin A, but be careful about carotenemia 

what is beta-carotene?

100

this mineral is essential for transporting oxygen in the blood

what is iron?

200

this dissacharide is made of glucose and frutose

what is sucrose?

200

This type of fatty acid has more than one double bond between carbon atoms

What is a polyunsaturated fatty acid?

200

this is the secondary protein structure

what is an alpha helix or beta sheet?

200

these water soluble vitamins are important for getting energy from caarbohydrates

what are the B vitamins

200

these 2 minerals are essential for bone health

what is calcium and phosphorous?

300

this polysaccharide is how animals store energy

what is glycogen?

300

The function of bile

What is to emulsify fats (to break them down into smaller pieces)? 

300

where protein digestion begins

what is stomach?

300

this fat-souble vitmamin is required for blood clotting

what is vitamin K?

300

these 2 minerals are important for fluid balance

what are sodium and chloride?

400

these enzymes are located on the lining of small interstine, called the brush border

Where are the enzymes maltase, sucrease, and lactase found?

400

A micelle

what is a hydrophobic core and a hydrophilic shell that helps move lipids in the small intestine?

400

Trypsin and chymotrypsin

what are two proteases secreted from the pancreas and work in the small intestine?

400

this vitamin is essential for pregnant women to ensure that their fetus develops a healthy nervous system

what is folate (B9)?

400

a lack of this mineral causes goiters

what is iodine?

500

These 2 hormones regulate blood - sugar levels

What are insulin and glucagon?

500

a lipoprotein

this type of lipoprotein has a higher density of protein

what are water soluble structures that transport lipids in the bloodstream?

what is HDL?

500

undernutrition of proteins that results in severe edema in the belly

what is kwashiorkor?

500

Vitamin B-12 is stored here

What is the liver?

500

one of the minerals important in wound healing

what is zinc, manganese, and iron

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