Digestive Enzymes, Fat And Water Soluble Vitamins, Minerals, And Vocabulary

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Salivary Amylase

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Mouth
Begins Carbohydrate digestion by breaking down starch and glycogen into disaccharides

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Pepsin

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Stomach
Begins protein digestion

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Gastric Lipase

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Stomach
Begins butterfat digestion

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Pancreatic Amylase

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Pancreas
Breaks down starch and glycogen into disaccharides

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Pancreatic Lipase

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Pancreas
Breaks down fats into fatty acids and glycerol

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Trypsin, chymotrypsin

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Pancreas
Breaks down proteins into peptides

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Carboxypeptidase

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Pancreas
Breaks down peptides into amino acids

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Nucleases

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Pancreas
Breaks down nucleid acids into nucleotides

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Peptidase

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Intestine
Breaks down peptides into amino acids

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Sucrase, Maltase, Lactase

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Intestines
Breaks down disaccharides into monosaccharides

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Intestinal Lipase

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Breaks down fats into fatty acids and glycerol

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Enterokinase

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Intestines
Converts trypsinogen into trypsin

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Vitamin A

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Fat soluble, An antioxidant necessary for visual pigments, normal development of teeth and bones, maintenance of epithelium; Deficiency: Night blindness and degeneration of epithelial tissues

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Vitamin D

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Fat soluble, Promotes absorption of calcium and phosphorus, development of bones and teeth; deficiency: rickets and bone decalcification

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Vitamin E

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Fat soluble, An antioxidant that prevents oxidation of vitamin A, stability of cell membranes; deficiency: unknown

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Vitamin K

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Fat soluble, Required for synthesis of prothrombin for blood clotting; deficiency: Prolonged clotting time

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Thiamine/B1

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Water soluble, Part of coezyme required for carb oxidation

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Riboflavin/B2

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Water soluble, Part of FAD, required for glucose and fatty acid oxidation, deficiency: dermatitis

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Niacin/B3

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Water soluble, Part of NAD and NADP, required for oxidation of glucose and synthesis of proteins, fats, and nucleic acids

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Pantothenic Acid/B5

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Water soluble, Part of Coenzyme A required for oxication of carbs and fats

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Vitamin B6

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Water soluble, Converts tryptophan to niacin, production of antibodies, nucleic acid synthesis

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Biotin/B7

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Water soluble, Metabolism of amino acids and nucleic acid synthesis

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B12

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Water soluble, Synthesis of nucleic acids, metabolism of carbs, myelin synthesis, RBC production, deficiency: Pernicious Anemia

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Vitamin C

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Water soluble, Required for collagen production, folacin to folinic acid, absorption of iron, synthesis of hormones and cholesterol, deficiency: Scurvy

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Calcium

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Structure of bones and teeth, neurotransitter release, muscle fiber contraction, cardiac action potential, blood coagulation

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Phosphorus

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Structure of bones and teeth, metabolic reactions, nucleic acids and proteins, cell membranes, ATP (sugar phosphate backbone, adenosine triphosphate, etc)

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Potassium

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Helps maintain intracellular osmotic pressure and regulates pH, required for impulse conduction

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Sulfur

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Essential to certain amino acids, thiamine, insulin, biotin, mucopolysaccharides

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Sodium

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Helps maintain osmotic pressure of extracellular fluids, regulates water movement, impulse conduction, regulates pH and substance transportation

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Chlorine

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Helps maintain osmotic pressure of extracellular fluids, regulates pH, maintains electrolyte balance, forms HCl, aids transport of CO2

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Magnesium

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Required for metabolic reactions in mitochondria that produce ATP; helps in breakdown of ATP to ADP

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Aliment-

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Food (alimentary canal)

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Cari-

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Decay

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Cec-

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Blindness

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Chym-

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Juice

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Decidu-

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Falling off

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Frenul-

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Bridle, restraint

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Gastr-

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Stomach

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Hepat-

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Liver

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Hist-

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Opening

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Lingu-

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Tongue

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Peri-

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Around

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Pyl-

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Gatekeeper

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Rect-

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Straight

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Sorpt-

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To soak up

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Vill-

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Hairy

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Bas-

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Base

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Calor-

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Heat

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Carot-

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Carrot

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Lip-

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Fat

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Mal-

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Bad

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-Meter

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Measure

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Nurti-

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Nourish

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Obes-

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Fat

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Pell-

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Skin