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15 Cards in this Set
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what is digestion
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the chemical and physical breakdown of food
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What are most foods used for
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To make ATP
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What are Carbohydrates
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All sugar, starch, and glycogen found in meats. Glucose.
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How much ATP is made from one glucose
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36 ATP
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What do Neurons, and red blood cells rely entirely on for energy?
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Glucose
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What are proteins
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Proteins are long chains of amino acids.
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What % of proteins are converted into sugars by the liver
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58%
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Proteins are broken down to what during the digestive process?
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Amino Acids
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What is Lipid Metabolism
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When little glucose is available, fatty acids undergo beta oxidation.
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What is Metabolism
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the sum of all anabolic and catabolic processes. Necessary to maintain life. Substances are either being built of torn down.
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What is Anabolism
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Means to make, molecules or structures are being made.
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Catabolism
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process that breaks down complex structures into simpler ones.
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Phosphorylization
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use of phosphate group to make atp
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Large intestine function
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cehmical digestion, absorption, propulsion, defecation.
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Small intestine function:
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Mechanical digestion and propulsion. Absorption.
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