how fats are digested - Answers most fats have a long chain of carbons with hydrogen atoms attached,
digested by enzymes breaking the carbon bonds
how proteins are digested - Answers enzymes cleaving off amnio acids from larger protein molecule
how carbohydrates are digested - Answers enzymes cleaving off simple sugars from the larger carb
molecule
carbohydrates - Answers energy storage for fat cells
proteins - Answers hormones that trigger growth
fats - Answers energy source
cancer - Answers uncontrolled cell division
LDL - Answers bad cholesterol, main carrier of cholesterol
HDL - Answers good cholesterol, removes cholesterol from arteries
how heart disease can be prevented - Answers dont smoke,
exercise
eat right
dont get too much sun
what causes heart disease - Answers diet high in sodium
age
family history
what causes type 2 diabetes - Answers overweight and inactivity
family history
how to prevent type 2 diabetes - Answers low sugar lifestyle
maintain a healthy weight
exercise daily
conseqeuneces of obesity - Answers type 2 diabetes
heart disease
, stroke
some cancers
human microbiome - Answers there are 10 times more cells from microorganisms than human cells in
and on our body
pharynx - Answers back of throat
epiglottis - Answers covers respiratory system
esophagus - Answers parastalsis
stomach - Answers gastric juice includes hydrochloric acid, lining of stomach covered in mucus to
protect it from acid
small intestine - Answers most enzymatic digestion occurs at the first part of the small intestine, grabs
nutrients and absorbs them
liver - Answers produces bile
gall bladder - Answers stores bile and squirts it into small intestine as soon as food hits it
pancreas - Answers pancreatic juice quirted into the small intestine
large intestine - Answers reabsorbs water
parastalsis - Answers pushing of food through system into stomach
chyme - Answers partially digested food and gastric acid
bile - Answers breaks down food to smaller droplets
mastication - Answers digestion by the mouth
pepsin - Answers digestive enzyme in the stomach
where does most of the enzyme digestion occur? - Answers small intestine
nasal cavity - Answers where air enters the body
diaphragm - Answers breathing in causes it to contract
pharynx/trachea - Answers rings in trachea prevent it from collapsing
epiglottis - Answers does not have to move in respiratory system
bronchi - Answers one for each lung that branch of from the trachea
bronchioles - Answers branch of from bronchi