carbohydrates
Three simple carbohydrates
What is glucose, fructose, galactose?
a Protein used to break down food.
What is an enzyme?
Can all nutrients be absorbed?
What is no? What is an example?
The building blocks to carbohydrates.
What is Monosaccharides?
An example of an enzyme that does not end in "ase"
What is pepsin?
Two monosaccharides bonded together
What is a disaccharide?
The acid in the stomach that helps break down nutrients.
What is hydrochloric acid?
The place where all unabsorbed nutrients go.
What is the large intestine?
The elements in carbohydrates
What is Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen?
a simple sugar found in most fruits
What is fructose?
The component to Fiber our bodies can't break down
What is cellulose?
The organ that regulates blood sugar and secretes hormones into the body.
What is the pancreas?
2 factors that increase absorption in the small intestine.
What are rough curves and microvilli?
What is the key component of a complex carbohydrate?
What is a polysaccharide?
The specific chemical reaction that allows molecules to break apart.
What is a Hydrolysis reaction?
The simple sugars of Lactose
What is glucose and galactose?
The main system that regulates the GI tract and keeps things moving.
What is the nervous system?
An example of why one might not be able to absorb a nutrient.
What is too much of another nutrient? What is body can't process it?
Different protein functions in the body.
What are enzymes, antibodies, Transportaion, storage, structure, hormones, etc.
The ending to terms that means break down.
What is "lysis"?
An example of a complex carbohydrate
What is starch? What is fiber?
Why do we need to produce bile in the digestion process?
Bile is the substance that emulsifies water and fat. Fat is highly hydrophobic as it is a nonpolar nutrient, this makes it harder to break down.
One nutrient we might want to absorb the most of as the greater population is deficient in it.
What is vitamin D? How would one achieve this?
The specific type of chemical reaction that allows two molecules to join together.
What is Dehydration reaction?
The ending to terms that means build up.
What is "nesis"?