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nutrition final
nutrition final
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Undergraduate 1
12/14/2008

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alcohol has how many calories per gram?
protein has how many calories per gram?
CHO have how many calories per gram?
Fats have how many calories per gram?
Definition
alocohol: 7
Protein: 4
CHO: 4
Fat: 9
Term
what are the two types of action on food and describe them
Definition
Mechanical: mastication and peristalsis. Chemical: hydrolysis and digestive secretions
Term
What category do all nutritional requirements fall under?
Definition
DRIs
Term
Body fat is evaluated with height weight and what else?
Definition
BMR
Term
What is the ability or power to do work?
Definition
energy
Term
What are the parts of the small intestine?
Definition
the duodenem, the jejenum, the ilieum.
Term
what are the parts of the large intestine?
Definition
colon, cecum, and the rectum
Term
Where are the taste buds for sweet located?
Definition
at the tip.
Term
What sense has the strongest effect on what people eat?
Definition
smell.
Term
What is peristalsis?
Definition
the gurgling sounds from the air or fluid in the abdomen.
Term
What is anosmia?
Definition
the loss of smell
Term
What is dysgeusia?
Definition
the abnormal distortion of taste
Term
name the accessory organs to the alimentary canal
Definition
salivary glands, pancrease, liver, galbladder
Term
how many calories from protein are in a 2 serving of a label that says "protein 4g"
Definition
16 calories
Term
What is a monosaccharide
Definition
A simple sugar containing 2-6 carbon atoms
Term
list the monosaccharids
Definition
glucose, fructose, galactose
Term
glucose+glucose=
glucose+frustose=
glucose+galactose=
Definition
maltose
sucrose
lactose
Term
what are sucrose lactose and maltose?
Definition
disaccharides
Term
what is the CHO form of energy in humans?
Definition
glycogen
Term
where is glycogen stored?
Definition
in the muscles of the body
Term
do americans consume enough complex CHO?
Definition
No
Term
granulated table sugar is the most common for of
Definition
sucrose which is a monosaccharide.
Term
what is lipogenesis
Definition
the creation of fat cells from excess CHO in the body
Term
what is the structural component of lipid
Definition
a fatty acid.
Term
what are the components of a fatty acid?
Definition
glycerol and a fatty acid.
Term
what disease occurs when calories and protein are insufficient?
Definition
marasmus
Term
what are the building blocks of proteins?
Definition
amino acids, there are 20
Term
what is kwashiorkor?
Definition
enough calories not enough protein, edema is present.
Term
what is adipose tissue important for in the body?
Definition
glycogen storage, and body temp.
Term
what is the primary form of fat in the body
Definition
triglycerides.
Term
what is the revised set of nutrient-based reference values?
Definition
DRIs
Term
what is biological value?
Definition
a measure of how well proteins from a food source can be converted into body proteins.
Term
name the major salivary glands
Definition
parotid, sublingual, submandibular
Term
what is the aproximate o
Definition
Term
name the major salivary glands
Definition
parotid, sublingual, submandibular
Term
name the major salivary glands
Definition
parotid, sublingual, submandibular
Term
what is the pH of saliva?
Definition
6.1-7.8
Term
what are some measures that can be taken to prevent decay?
Definition
sealants, avioding utensil sharing, oral hygiene
Term
define cariostatic
Definition
caries inhibiting
Term
beriberi is from a deficiency of what?
Definition
thiamin
Term
pellegra is a difficiency in what?
Definition
niacin
Term
what are the symptoms of beriberi
Definition
muscular wasting, edema, deep muscle pain, and enlaged heart.
Term
what does beri beri mean?
Definition
i cannot.
Term
what vitamin is important for WBC activity?
Definition
vitamin C
Term
what vitamin deficieny are oral cancers and pharyngeal cancers associated with?
Definition
vitamin A
Term
what is the primary cause of pernicious anemia?
Definition
b12- lack of R-binder
Term
what are the four factos that must be present for caries to occur?
Definition
saliva, environment, microorganisms, tooth factors.
Term
T/F xylitol is cariogenic?
Definition
False
Term
what is the function of the hypothalamus?
Definition
hunger saitey
Term
what are the fat soluble vitamins
Definition
ADEK
Term
what vitamin defficency is rickets caused by?
Definition
vitamin D
Term
what is the adult form of rickets?
Definition
osetmalacia
Term
what increases vitamin D absorption?
Definition
phosphorus
Term
if you have a vitamin K defficency what vitamin should you not supplement with and why?
Definition
you should not supplement with vitamin E because it effects absorptoin of vit. K
Term
if you have a vitamin K defficency what vitamin should you not supplement with and why?
Definition
you should not supplement with vitamin E because it effects absorptoin of vit. K
Term
if you have a vitamin K defficency what vitamin should you not supplement with and why?
Definition
you should not supplement with vitamin E because it effects absorptoin of vit. K
Term
what element does ADEK not contain?
Definition
nitrogen
Term
which vitamin def. is related to blindness?
Definition
vit. A
Term
vitamin D is classified also as what?
Definition
a hormone
Term
vitamin E is have what other name?
Definition
tocopherol.
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