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75 Cards in this Set
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Organs of digestion
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Accessory organs of digestion
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Digestion definition
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process of breaking down food by mechanical and chemical action to be used by the body
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Review eating process
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Sign & Sympton of low HCL
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can't build muscle
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What nutrients NOT absorbed in duedenum
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HOw long for baby gut to close
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6 months - 2 years
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Low HCL affects
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Bile functions
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key liver functions
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problem with not eliminating regularly
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Action Potential
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AT Rest
Stimulus
ACTION potential arrives
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Key Neurotransmitters & function |
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Negative feedback loop
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What is supposed to be readily permeable to blood-brain barrier |
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Neural/nervous nutrients
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Endocrine functions
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endocrine vs exocrine
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end = in to the blood exo = in to the body cavity |
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main steroid hormones / attach |
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Main non-steroidal hormones /attach |
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Lipid metabolism
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liver decides to do 3 things with nutrients
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specific vs non-specific immunity |
non = from birth, mother specific = acquired, memory |
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3 levels of immune defence
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physical barrier defence
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2nd - detructive cell barrier
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3rd - immune
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lymphatic system
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cell theory
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what happens at a cellular level correlates to what happens on macro level cells need nutrients, oxygen, to eat and excrete |
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cell functions
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3 types of energy production
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Muscle contraction
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i.e. rigamorteous - no ATP to recapture calcium so muscles do not release until calcium disapates |
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body tissue definition
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cells that perform the same function
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3 types of junctions
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Tissue Repair
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2 stages of protein synthesis
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1. Transcription 2. Translation |
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Transcription basic steps
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Translation basic steps
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Damages DNA
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Replication & Tumous
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DNA nitrogen bases + RNA variant
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Purine Adenine Guanine Pyrimidine Cytosine THymine RNA Uracil |
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Skin NUtrients
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nail signs
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Tissue ability to regenerate
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Depends on type of tissue, severity, resources
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Hormone production stimulated 3 ways
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nutritional triad
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signs how well absorbing nutrients
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good choices in journal but:
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why minerals like calcium & iron hard to absorb why HCL helps |
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unfolding protein
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sign bad protein digest
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hard tummy?
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HCL supplement or not
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Will it stimulate or replace stomach function?
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how can pancreas become fatigued and depleted
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problem relying on pancreas
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too much fat interferes with
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intestinal flora benefits
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chronic inflammation cycle
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problem with just using anti-inflammatory drugs
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toxic gallbladder sign
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cortisol and inflammation cycle
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blood stream and mucus
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lymph overload & T-Cells
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WBC nutrients
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disacharides
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monosacharides
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polysacharide
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3 or more signs of metabolic syndrome |
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Insulin resistance affects |
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Reactive hypoglycemia |
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Metabolic syndrome recs |
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Enzyme needed for omega 6 or 3 conversion |
Delta-6-desaturase (D6D) |
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D6D co-factors |
Magnessium and zinc |
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Kidney functions |
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Term for red blood cell formation |
Hematopoiesis |
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Where RBC formation take place |
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