Unit 2 Flashcards
(34 cards)
The place where digestion begins?
Mouth.
The 30-foot-long passageway for food?
Alimentary Canal.
A trapdoor that keeps food out of the trachea?
Epiglottis.
The first section of the small intestine?
Duodenum.
Hairlike tubes that receive digested food?
Villi.
The largest internal organ?
Liver.
The organ where most food is digested?
Small Intestine.
The organ whose major purpose is to store food?
Stomach.
A pear-shaped sac that stores bile?
Gallbladder.
A pair of organs that filter impurities from the blood?
Kidneys.
Need equivalent of six large glasses daily?
Water.
Deficiency leads to osteoporosis?
Calcium.
Should make up less than one fourth of diet?
Fats.
The form of sugar used by cells for fuel?
Glucose.
Lacks germ and bran?
White flour.
Produced by proteins?
Enzymes.
Missing two or more hydrogen-atom pairs?
Polyunsaturated.
Work together to help change food into energy?
B-complex Vitamins.
Deficiency causes scurvy and infections?
Vitamin C.
Builds hemoglobin?
Iron.
Roughage that cleans the intestinal walls?
Fiber.
A common name for lactose and maltose?
Sugar.
The elements found in sugars–carbon, hydrogen, and _____?
Oxygen.
The most common disease in man?
Dental caries.
