Diet, Nutrition, Digestion

DOWNLOAD THE FIRST SET OF SLIDES FOR NUTRITION/DIGESTION HERE

YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW TO:

1. List all the important nutrients of a balanced diet, and say why each is important to the body.
2. Carry out proper food tests to show the presence of SUGAR, STARCH, FATS and PROTEINS.
3. Describe why nutrition and diet are important to animal organisms.
4. List and describe the deficiency diseases caused by lack of certain nutrients.
5. Describe in detail the processes that occur throughout the ALIMENTARY CANAL (Ingestion, Digestion, Absorption, etc.)
6. Name the teeth in the human mouth and be able to draw a human MOLAR and label accordingly.
   
7. Properly define the term"peristalsis" and illustrate it using diagrams.
8. State how each nutrient is broken down with reference to their enzymes and their products (e.g. Lipids are broken down into fatty acids and glycerol by lipase).
   
9. State how the small intestine is adapted to easily facilitate ABSORPTION.
10. Draw the structure of a villus and know how it operates.
11. State the functions of the liver and the hepatic portal vein.
    

LINKS

1. ANIMATION (SHOWN IN CLASS) OUTLINING THE PROCESSES IN THE ALIMENTARY CANAL!

2. VIDEO DETAILING THE PROCESSES IN THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

NEXT CLASS:

We will be going over the digestive system in MORE DETAIL!