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Nutrition: definition

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The way an organism obtains and uses its food

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Autotrophic: definition

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A type of nutrition where an organism makes its own food. eg. certain plants

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Heterotrophic: definition

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A type of nutrition where an organism cannot make its own food.

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Herbivores: definition

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Animals that only feed on plants. eg. rabbits

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Carnivores: definition

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Animals that only feed on other animals. eg. fox

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Omnivores: definition

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Animals that feed on plants and animals. eg. badger

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Digestion: definition

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The physical and chemical breakdown of food into soluble particles small enough to pass into the body’s cells.

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Why do we need digestion?

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To break down large food particles until they are small enough to pass into body cells.

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Why do we need a digestion system?

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  1. Food can be digested in a single location

2. Individual cells do not have to contain all the digestive enzymes.

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What are the four stages in human nutrition?

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Ingestion
Digestion
Absorption
Egestion

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Ingestion: definition

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Food is taken into the alimentary canal

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Digestion: definition

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Food is broken down into smaller soluble pieces

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Absorption: definition

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The movement of digested food from the alimentary canal into the blood system

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Egestion: definition

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Removal of unabsorbed material as faeces

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What is the role of the mouth in the digestive system?

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  • Physical/ mechanical digestion by chewing action of the teeth.
  • Results in smaller particles, easier to swallow and greater surface area for digestion
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Name the four types of teeth.

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  • Incisors
  • Canines
  • Premolars
  • Molars
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What do incisors do?

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  • Sharp edges

- Cuts, slices and bites

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What do canines do?

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  • Long and pointed

- Grip, stab and tear food

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What do premolars do?

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  • Have cusps

- They crush and chew food

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What do molars do?

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  • Large teeth at the back

- Crush and chew food

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What is the human dental formula?

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-32 teeth in a full set of human permanent teeth.

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What is the human dental formula for a human adult?

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2( i 2/2 c 1/1 pm 2/2 m 3/3)

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Does chemical digestion take place in the mouth?

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Yes it does-

due to the presence of the enzyme amylase

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Describe saliva.

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  • Secreted by 3 pairs of salivary glands

- Consists of water, salt, mucous, amylase and lysozyme

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What does lysozyme do?
Helps kill micro-organisms
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What is the function of the oesophagus?
-Carries food from the mouth to the stomach
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How is the movement of food assisted down the oesophagus?
- By mucous (saliva and produced by wall of oesophagus) | - Peristalsis
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What is peristalsis?
An involuntary wave of muscular contraction
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What does the stomach do?
Breaks food mechanically, mixes food with gastric juice, forces chyme into the small intestine.
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What does the small intestine do?
-Forces food backwards and upwards- helps absorption
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What does the large intestine do?
-Pushes undigested waste (faeces) into the rectum.
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What is the role of fibre in the diet?
- Consists of cellulose which humans cannot digest - Fibre stimulates peristalsis - Diet high in fibre reduces the risk of colon cancer as wastes are moved quickly through.
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Describe the stomach.
- Muscular bag - Stores and digests food - Lining of stomach wall is heavily folded - Secretes gastric juice
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What does mucous do in the stomach?
- Coats the stomach | - Prevents self digestion
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What is pepsinogen?
- Inactive enzyme - Made active in the stomach due to low pH - Breaks down proteins into peptides
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What is the pH of hydrochloric acid?
pH 1 to 2 | Very acidic
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What does the acidity of the stomach do?
- Kills bacteria - Loosens fibrous and cellular foods - Activates pepsinogen - Denatures amylase from saliva
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What is chyme?
Food + gastric juices
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How does chyme leave the stomach?
In small amounts when the pyloric sphincter opens
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How is self digestion prevented?
- Mucous is alkaline and neutralises acid by the stomach wall - Pepsin is released as inactive pepsinogen - Cells that line the stomach can be replaced rapidly
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What substances does the pancreas produce?
- Insulin | - Pancreatic juice
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What does pancreatic juice contain?
- Sodium bicarbonate salt | - Amylase and lipase
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What is the purpose of the sodium bicarbonate salt produced by the pancreas?
Neutralises chyme
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What carries the pancreatic juice to the duodenum?
The pancreatic duct
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Name some functions that the liver completes.
- Makes bile - Detoxifies the body - Breaks down excess amino acids - Converts glucose to glycogen for storage - Converts excess carbohydrate to fat - Stores vitamins and stores minerals
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Describe bile.
- Partly formed from the remains of red blood cells - Yellow green viscous liquid - Consists of water, bile salts and bile pigments - No enzymes
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Where is bile made?
The liver
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Where is bile stored?
The gall baldder
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How does bile get to the duodenum?
The bile duct
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What are the functions of bile?
- Breaks down and emulsifies fats and oils (increases surface area) - Helps neutralise chyme (sodium hydrogen carbonate)
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What are the parts of the small intestine called?
- Duodenum - Jejunum - Ileum
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What happens in the small intestine?
Digestion and absorption
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How long does food stay in the small intestine?
1-6 hours
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What is the main function of the duodenum?
- Main function of digestion | - Also produces intestinal juice
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``` Amaylase :Made :Active in :pH :Substrate :Product ```
- Salivary glands/ Pancreas - Mouth/ Duodenum - 7 - 8 - Starch - Maltose
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``` Pepsin :Made :Active in :pH :Substrate :Product ```
- Stomach lining - Stomach - 2 - Protein - Peptides
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``` Hydrochloric acid :Made in :Active in :Substrate :Product ```
- Stomach lining - Stomach - Bacteria and fibrous foods - Dead bacteria and softened food
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``` Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate :Made in :Active in :Substrate :Product ```
- Pancreas - Duodenum - Acid - Neutralised acid
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``` Lipase :Made in :Active in :pH :Substrate :Product ```
- Pancreas - Duodenum - 7-8 - Lipids - Fatty acids and glycerol
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What happens to the food by the time it leaves the duodenum?
Digestion is complete
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What is the function of the jejunum and the ileum?
-Absorption of digested food
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What are the adaptations of the small intestine?
- Lining contains many villi - Very long - Rich blood supply inside each villus - Lacteal inside each villus - Walls of villi only one cell thick
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What do the capillaries absorb?
- Water - Glucose - Amino acids - Vitamins - Minerals
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What is the function of the hepatic portal vein?
To transport nutrients to the liver
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How long is the large intestine?
1.5 m
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How long does food stay in the large intestine?
From 10 hours to a few days
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What is the function of the colon?
- To reabsorb water | - Liquid waste is converted to semi-solid waste called faeces
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How does diarrhea occur?
- Occurs when undigested food moves through the large intestine too quickly - Less water is reabsorbed: faeces more liquidy
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How does constipation occur?
- Undigested food moves through the large intestine too slowly - Too much water is reabsorbed
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Where are symbiotic bacteria found?
In the colon
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What is the function of symbiotic bacteria?
- Produce B group vitamins and vitamin K - Prevent growth of disease causing bacteria and fungi - Break down food, cellulose, some of the digested food is absorbed into the body
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Amount of food a person requires depends on:
- Age - Activity levels - Gender - Health

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