Essential Nutrients- Macro
The primary role of carbohydrates in the body.
What is provide energy?
Nutrient is vital for maintaining hydration and proper bodily functions.
What is water?
What is the gallbladder?
What is chewing?
The food in your stomach.
What is chyme?
Nutrient responsible for building and repairing tissues
Example of water-soluble vitamins
Organ responsible for producing bile.
What is the liver?
This is in our saliva that causes our food to break down.
What is amylase?
Name the 6 essential nutrients.
What are carbohydrates, proteins, fats (lipids), vitamins, minerals, and water?
The nutrient that is mainly used for long-term energy storage.
What are fats?
Examples of Fat-soluble
What are vitamins A,D,E, & K ?
The tiny, fingerlike projections that are inside the intestine.
Function of the pancreas.
What is regulate blood sugar by producing insulin?
Peristalsis is
Macronutrient that starts the digestion process with the enzyme amylase.
What are carbohydrates (starches)?
What is dietary fiber?
Three main parts of the small intestine.
What is the duodenum, Jejunum, & Ileum?
Most nutrient absorption during the digestive system occurs in the.
What is small intestine?
What is the epiglottis?
The smallest units of carbohydrates, protein, and fats are broken down into the digestive system.
What are simple carbohydrates (carbohydrates), amino acids (proteins), and fatty acids (fats/lipids)?
Draw & label the digestive system.
Teacher will check for accuracy.
Another name for the Large Intestine.
What is colon?