Term
|
Definition
| hormone that acts on the brain center that helps control appetite |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| hormone that makes you feel hungry. when the stomach is empty, cells in the stomach lining secrete this. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| promotes appetite suppresion. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| process by which an animal ingests and digests food, then absorbs the released nutrients as energy sources |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| functions in nutritional process. A body cavity or tube mechanically and chemically breaks down food. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| hoofed mammals that have multiple stomach chambers where cellulose is slowly digested. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| tubular entrance to the esophagus and trachea |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| contractions propel food down a muscular tube. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a muscular stretchable sac. mixes and stores food. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| action of smooth muscle layers inside the wall of both organs breaks apart, mixes, and propels food onward. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| aka- colon, water and ions are absorbed. then compacts the undigested residues. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the last part of the human gut. where wastes are briefly stored before leaving the anus |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| hardened jaw appendage. coated with calcium deposits. mechanically breaks down food |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| has a pH of 2. extremely acidic mixtures of secretions of the stomach lining. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| in the gut, the coating of fat droplets with bile salts so that fats remain suspended in chyme |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| rings of circular muscles in the wall of the small intestine contract in an oscillating pattern |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| threadlike absorptive structures formed at their free surfaces and became first |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| bile salts combine with fatty acids in tiny droplets or micelles. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| material not absorbed in the small intestine is moved to large intestine |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| name for the volume of cellulose and all other undigested residues that cannot be decreased by absorption |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| narrow projection from the cecum. has no digestive function. used for the bacteria-fighting white blood cells packed inside. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| cannot make own fat by converting protein and carbs. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| requires amino acid components of dietary proteins for its own protein-building programs. your cells cannot synthesize them. amino acid must make up a small portion of the total protein intake |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| organic substances that are essential for growth and survival. no other substances can carry out their metabolic functions. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| inorganic substances that are essential for growth and survival because no other substances can serve their metabolic functions. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| individuals with a BMI of over 30. overabundance of fat in adipose tissue. leads to health problems |
|
|
