Macronutrients
This macronutrient is essential for wound healing.
What is protein?
These waves of smooth muscle contraction move food through the digestive tract.
What is peristalsis?
Vitamin A and this mineral are both important for proper wound healing.
What is zinc?
These are the nine major stages of the human life cycle, starting before birth and ending in the senior years.
What are prenatal, infancy, toddler years, childhood, puberty, older adolescence, adulthood, middle age, and senior years?
This process breaks down glucose to produce energy.
What is glycolysis?
This is the Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Range (AMDR) for protein.
What is 10–35 percent?
This term describes the semi-liquid mixture of partially digested food and gastric juices in the stomach.
What is chyme?
These are four key functions of calcium in the body.
What are bone structure, muscle contraction, nerve transmission, and blood clotting?
This pregnancy complication causes high blood pressure and may lead to preeclampsia.
What is gestational hypertension?
This disease, caused by a thiamine deficiency, is characterized by fatigue, confusion, and pain.
What is beriberi?
This is the AMDR for fat.
What is 20–35 percent?
These are the three structural sections of the small intestine.
What are the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum? DJ Ileum!
This vitamin supports bone protein synthesis, also called bone hardening.
What is vitamin K?
This is the typical recommended weight gain during a healthy pregnancy.
What is 25–35 pounds?
Hemoglobin synthesis requires this type of catalyst in the form of pyridoxine (B6)
What is a coenzyme?
While glucose is stored as glycogen, lipids are stored in this form.
What is adipose tissue?
This is the final site along the GI tract where carbohydrates are chemically broken down.
What is the small intestine?
These are the primary functions of vitamin D in bone health.
What are increasing calcium absorption in the gut, regulating blood calcium and phosphate, and promoting bone mineralization and immune health?
This term refers to one year after a person’s last menstrual period, while this term refers to the time leading up to it.
What are menopause and perimenopause?
This metabolic process breaks down molecules, while this one builds larger molecules.
What are catabolism (meow) and anabolism?
This condition is a protein and energy deficiency, while this other condition is a protein deficiency.
What are marasmus and kwashiorkor?
Chemical protein digestion begins here and ends here.
What are the stomach and the small intestine?
Pellagra is caused by a deficiency in this vitamin.
What is niacin?
These three vitamins are especially important during puberty.
What are vitamin K, vitamin B12, and vitamin D?
This term describes a compound that has both water-loving and fat-loving properties.
What is amphiphilic?