Exam 36: Digestion and Human Nutrition

Most plant proteins are incomplete, meaning they lack or have a low amount of one or more ____.

The chemical digestion of proteins begins in the ____.

The acid released in the stomach is ____ acid.

Your body can use ____ to make most of the fats it requires.

Bile contains salts, pigments, lipids and ____.

Which organ stores feces immediately prior to elimination?

Bile ____.

The muscular digestive organ of birds in which food is ground into small bits is the ____.

When glucose absorption exceeds the body's immediate needs, excess glucose is ____.

Movement of fatty acids and monoglycerides through the membranes of the small intestine occurs primarily by ____.

Materials move most slowly through the ____.

Movement of nutrient molecules across the lining of the digestive chamber and into the body's internal environment is called ____.

The greatest amount of nutrient absorption takes place in the ____.

Ruminants' stomachs have microbes to digest ____.

Birds that eat seeds have ____ beaks.

The BMI cutoff of ____ and above indicates obesity.

The muscular tube between the throat and stomach is the ____.

Calcium and ____ are the body's most abundant minerals and are components of teeth and bones.

Fats are digested by ____.

The first part of the small intestine is the ____.