Exam 3: The Remarkable Body

What are the recommended limits for the consumption of alcohol for the average-sized healthy woman?

What is the major role of the process known as peristalsis?

Which of the following hormones is thought to be a "hunger hormone"?

Timing of meals is important because the digestive tract is unable to digest food at certain times.

Human taste buds have an inborn aversion for which of the following food items?

Which one of the following organs chemically alters materials so that they can be used by other tissues?

The body stores some nutrients in much smaller quantities than other nutrients.

Match the digestive organs with their appropriate functions. a.manufactures bile to help digest fats b.releases bile into the small intestine c.opens to allow elimination d.churns, mixes, and grinds food to liquid mass e.reabsorbs water and minerals f.stores bile until needed g.passes food to the stomach h.makes enzymes to aid in the digestion of carbohydrate, protein, and fat i.chews and mixes food with saliva j.stores waste prior to elimination k.contracts rhythmically to move food content along -anus ______

Why might a person be able to eat when hunger sensation is absent?

Describe how hormones affect nutrition.

Describe what happens to digestion and absorption in cases of severe undernutrition.

What is the name of the muscle that is responsible for controlling the release of partly digested food into the small intestine?

What is the percentage of alcohol in 90 proof liquor?

What is the name for the part of the brain that senses a variety of conditions in the blood, such as glucose content and salt content?

You have just consumed a meal very high in fat. As a result, hormones cause the release of what substance?

Which of the following is considered one alcoholic drink?

The body's saliva is strongly acidic.

Which vitamin is most dramatically affected by excess alcohol in the body?