What role do the various essential nutrients have in animal metabolism?
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Why are there only 8 essential amino acids?
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Identify 2 minerals and 2 vitamins describe what their function is in the body and the problems that occur when deficient.
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Identify the four modes of heterotrophic nutrition? Give an example of each
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What are the four main stages of food processing in heterotrophic nutrition?
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What two major changes occur to food in the mouth?
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What is significant about the stomach’s physiology?
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How does the stomach prevent digesting itself? How does the pancreas?
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Describe the major secretions that enter the duodenum.
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Label the diagram of the human digestive system.
Where is each of the following chemically digested?
Carbohydrates:_______________________________________________________________________________________________
Protein:_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Nucleic_Acid:_______________________________________________________________________________________________
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List three features of the small intestine that improve its function.
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Why are vitamins required in such small doses, compared to other essential organic nutrients?
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What is thought to cause gastric ulcers? What are the effects? Where do they thrive?
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Describe two important functions of the large intestine.
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What prevents food from entering the wrong tube?
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Explain the process of digestion in the oral cavity?
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What is the main difference between a herbivore’s alimentary canal and a carnivore’s?
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Explain the role of sphincters in the digestive system.
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List the major secretions that enter the duodenum and where they come from. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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