Mamamo

• Calorie - amount of energy
• Nutrients - Provide energy and materials for cell development
• 6 groups of Nutrients

  • Proteins
  • Carbohydrates
  • Fats
  • Vitamins
  • Minerals
  • Water
• Proteins - made of amino acids
• Carbohydrates - Body’s main source of energy
• Fats - is called lipids, provide energy and helps our body absorb vitamins
• Vitamins - Nutrients that are needed in small amounts, prevention of some diseases
• Vitamin B2 - Release energy from nutrients
• Vitamin C - Repair of body tissues
• Vitamin A - Enhances night vision
• Minerals - Inorganic nutrients, does not contain carbon
• Calcium - Strong bones and teeth
• Iron - Carry oxygen
• Zinc - Aids protein
• Food Label - Helps to determine the protein, carbohydrates, ect. in the food
• Water - For chemical reactions to occur in our body
• Chewing - Breaks the food into pieces
• Lower Esophageal Sphincter - Lets food pass into the stomach
• Stomach produces enzymes and acid
• Enzymes - Helps breakdown larger molecules to smaller molecules
• Esophagus - Connects mouth to stomach
• Chyme - Gastric juice produces
• Duodenum - First section of the small intestines
• Pancreas - Makes enzymes that breakdown carbohydrates, fats, and proteins
• Ducts - Small tubes
• Liver - Makes a digestive juice called Bile
• Bile - Helps digest fats and vitamins, and it stores in your gallbladder
• Villi - Small finger like projections
• Large intestines - Move the waste products
• Peristalsis - Helps move the stool into your rectum
• Anus - Last part of the digestive tract, 2 inch long
• Sphincter Muscle - Let’s you know if the contents are solid, liquid, or gas
• Ingestion - Taking food into the digestive tract, putting food in the mouth
• Digestion - Mechanical and chemical breakdown of food into small organic fragments
• Mechanical Digestion - Physical breakdown of large pieces
• Chemical Digestion - Enzymes breakdown food into small molecules
• Absorption - Nutrients are absorbed into the body
• Assimilation - Movement of digested food molecules into the cells of the body
• Egestion - Discharging waste material
• Colon - First part of the large intestine