Digestion & Absorption
These tiny, finger-like bumps in the small intestine absorb nutrients.
What are villi?
When fat is "burned" for energy, most of the mass leaves the body as this gas.
What is Carbon Dioxide CO2?
These are the two "inputs" or reactants needed for cellular respiration.
What are Glucose and Oxygen?
This system acts as a highway to transport molecules to your cells.
What is the circulatory system (or cardiovascular)?
This is the specific disease M'Kenna has that damaged her gut.
What is Celiac Disease?
In this type of system, mass cannot escape, so the weight stays the same.
What is a closed system?
This is the primary "output" or goal of cellular respiration.
What is Energy?
These tiny air sacs in the lungs are where oxygen enters the blood.
What are alveoli?
When M'Kenna's villi were flattened, this happened to the surface area of her gut.
What is it decreased? (Less surface area = less absorption).
This blue liquid turns yellow when carbon dioxide is present.
What is BTB?
Cellular respiration produces energy, water, and this waste gas.
What is Carbon Dioxide (CO2)?
This organ pumps blood containing glucose and oxygen to the rest of the body.
What is the heart?
Complex carbohydrates are broken down into this simple sugar molecule.
What is glucose?
To release energy, food must react with this substance from the air.
What is oxygen?
This is the specific location in the body where metabolic reactions happen.
What are the cells or mitochondria?
Patient M's "Brain Fog" was a resoult of her brain not getting enough of this type of molecule, related to her condition.
What is food molecules (glucose)?
Proteins are broken down into these smaller building blocks.
What are amino acids?
True or False: Matter is destroyed when a person loses weight.
What is false?
This is the powerhouse of the cell, the part of the cell where cellular respiration occurs.
What is the mitochondria?
This term describes a group of organs working together, such as the nose, trachea, and lungs.
What is a system?