Fat Soluble- dissolved and stored as fat in fatty tissues; ex: vitamins A, D, E K
Water Soluble- dissolved as water; not stored in body; Ex: Vitamin C and B.
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Why we need vitamins
Helper molecules in chemical reactions; enzymes; do not provide raw material or NRG
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After Digestion…
Nutrients are absorbed by the villi in the small intestine.
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Digestive System
* Mouth * Esophagus * Stomach * Small Intestine * Rectum * Anus * Liver * Pancreas * Gallbladder * Large Intestine
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Order of Eating
1. Mouth 2. Esophagus 3. Stomach 4. Small Intestine 5. Large Intestine 6. Rectum and Anus
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Gallbladder
stores bile
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Liver
produces digestive enzymes, especially bile
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Pancreas
Creates enzymes such as insulin (controls glucose in the blood stream! Woohoo, studying diabetes helped me!)
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The Mouth does…
* Mechanical Digestion (chewing) * Chemical Digestion (saliva breaks down starches to sugars)
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The Esophagus does…
* Mechanical Digestion (peristalsis)
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The Stomach does…
* Mechanical Digestion (churning) * Chemical Digestion (pepsin and hydrochloric acid digests proteins into amino acids)
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The Small Intestine does…
* Chemical Digestion (bile from liver + other enzymes from the pancreas, which break down carbs, proteins and fats) * Absorption of nutrients by villi
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The Large Intestine…
* Absorbs water
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The Rectum and Anus…
* Eliminates solid waste
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Cardiovascular System
* Heart * Artery * Capillary * Vein * White Blood Cells * Red Blood Cells * Platelet * Plasma
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Heart
Hollow muscular organ; pumps blood through blood vessels
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Artery
Thick-walled; muscular; smooth muscle; carry blood away from the heart to body’s cells; turn into capillaries
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Capillary
Thin-walled; tiny vessels where material and waste are exchanged between the blood and body cells; turn into veins
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Veins
Large vessels with walls thinner than arteries; same tissue though; carry blood back to heart
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Plasma
Liquid part of blood; 90% water; 10% other dissolved material; carry nutrients: glucose, fats, vitamins, and minerals; also carries chemical messengers that direct body activities.
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White Blood Cells
Produced in the bone marrow; body disease fighters; some alert; other produce chemical to fight
At the base of lungs; inhale: contracts and flattens, make chest cavity larger, lower pressure in lungs than air pressure outside cause air to rush into lungs; exhale: opposite happens
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Trachea
Windpipe; Cilia sweep mucus made by trachea to the pharynx; cough cause by irritation in trachea
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Bronchus
air passages; thin into alveoli
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Pharynx
throat; where air & food enter
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Larynx
Voice box; top of trachea; 2 vocal chords, folds of connective tissue contract to narrow space.
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Epiglottis
thin flap in trachea keep food out
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Nose
where air can enter; hairs in nose trap larger particles; cells lining nasal cavities produce mucus to moisten air and trap more particles
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Alveoli
tiny; thin walled sacs of lung tissue where gas exchange happens
acts as filters; removes urea and other wastes from blood but keep material the body needs
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Nephron
tiny filtering factories that remove waste from blood and produce urine in kidney
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Ureters
Two narrow tubes where urine from the kidney go to the urinary bladder
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Urinary Bladder
muscular sac temporarily stores urine; Nerves detect pressure and signal release
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Urethra
small tube where urine leaves the body
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Liver
Makes urea from the breakdown of proteins in the body, breaks down many wastes into forms that can be excreted
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Lungs
removes water and CO2
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Skin
Sweat glands produce perspiration that contains water and small amounts of urea
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How does your body excrete waste?
1) Nephrons in the kidney, remove urea, excess water and other waste from the blood. This urine gets out of the body through the uterus, stored in the urinary bladder, then leave the body through urethra
\ 2) After nutrients and water are absorbed from food; waste is compacted by rectum and leaves through the anus
\ 3) Sweat from skin contains urea and water
\ 4) Circulatory system (blood) bring CO2 and water to lungs where they are exhaled
(gas exchange) in alveoli → bronchus → trachea → mouth