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25 Cards in this Set
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Normal Flora/Fauna
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Microbs that live in the large intestines and they also occupy space so that bad things cant "move in", they are found on every surface of the body.
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Normal flora/fauna produce
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Vitamin K and B5
Bilirubins Indigestible Compounds |
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Coliform
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The specific flora/fauna that are found in the large intestines
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Rectum
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Used for temporary storage. The opening is called the anus which has the internal and external anal sphincter.
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Defication Reflexes
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Happen when the feces fill up the rectum which causes it to stretch
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Diarrhea
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Feces that have moved from the ascending colon too quickly. This can cause dehydration and you cant maintain blood flow
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Constipation
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Not enough water in the feces and spending too much time in the colon. You need to drink water and consume fiber to help with this problem.
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Electrolytes
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diffusion and active transport
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Water Soluble Vitamins
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there are 9 of them. If you have access then they are excreted in the urine
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4 Fat soluble Vitamins
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A,D,E,K
The way we absorb these vitamins is by eating fat |
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2 Typles of metabolism
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Anabolism, Catabolism
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Aerobic Cellular Respiration
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C6H12O6+6O2+H2O--> 6CO2+H2O+38ATP
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Heat
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Becomes a waste product, but we capture that heat to maintain homeostasis
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Shivering
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Muscles go through little contractions to burn up ATP
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Metabolic Rate
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Speeds up to burn ATP
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Nutrients
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Vitamins, minerals and water-your body absorbs them as they exist, it does not change them
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Nutrition
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Absorption of nutrients from food
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Chymeric
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Changeable-kids need different nutrients than adults
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BMR-Basal Metabolic Rate
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measure of the caloric needs per unit of time
Sitting down and doing nothing: 70C an hour 1800 Kilocalories per day |
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How age affects BMR
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5,000 calories a day-kids
Men have slightly higher BMR than women because of muscle Genetic differences-whites to blacks Overweight people compared to not overweight people Inshape people compared to non-inshaped people |
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Lipoproteins
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Low Density Molecule
High Density Molecule |
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Low Density
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molecules that pick up cholesterol from liver and takes it to the perpherial tissues, the tissues use some and has some left over
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High Density
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picks up left over cholesterol from perpherial tissues and takes it back to the liver
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C reactive protein
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a by product of inflammed arteries
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Triglycerides
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Building blocks for fats
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