Nutrition- Ch 5&6

3. gland connected to small intestine; produces pancreatic juice that breaks down carbohydrates, proteins, and fats
4. nutrient that is a person’s main source of energy; found mostly in plant foods
5. deficiency or severe shortage of nutrient, caused by faulty or inadequate nutrition
6. tube that connects mouth and stomach
7. blood disorder characterized by lack of energy, weakness, shortness of breath, and cold hands and feet; caused by lack of iron
9. formed when two monosacchrides combine chemically
13. blood sugar formed when carbohydrates are fully broken down chemically
14. carbohydrates with complicated structures; starches
15. movement of nutrients into blood stream
17. billions of tiny fingerlike projections that line folds of small intestines
20. minimum amount of energy needed to maintain basic body processes

1. mechanical and chemical process that breaks food down to release nutrients in forms the body can absorb for use
2. (RDA) amount of a nutrient needed by 98 percent of the people in given age and gender group
8. process through which living cells use nutrients in chemical reactions in order to provide energy for vital processes and activities
10. special protein that helps chemical reaction take place
11. complicated chemical arrangements that plants form by combining single glucose units to build starches
12. plant materials that are eaten but can’t be digested by human enzymes
13. storage forms of glucose
14. green pigment in plants; must be present for photosynthesis to occur
16. muscle action of esophagus that forces food into stomach
18. thick liquid resulting as stomach breaks down food mechanically through peristalsis
19. amount of energy needed to raise temperature of 1 kg of water 1 degree Celsius