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Proteins transport which nutrients and oxygen |
hemoglobin |
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Chemical attraction between the acid group of one amino acid and the amino group of another amino acid can form what |
peptide bond |
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the ____ is the primary site for nonsential amino acid production in humans and deamination in the body |
liver |
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what does the deamination process form |
urea |
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Is the process that changes the normal shape of a protein and as a result, the molecule loses it's usual function |
denaturation, irreversible change in proteins |
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what are some chemical properties of vitamins |
vital to life, organic compound, indispensable to body functions, don't need a lot |
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what substance protects vulnerable molecules from free radicals |
an antioxidant |
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what are fat-soluble vitamins |
A, d, e, and K |
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water-soluble |
B and C |
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body can store large amounts of what B vitamin |
B-12 |
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about ____% of an average healthy young man's body weight is water |
60 |
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water can pass through a selectively permeable membrane by |
osmosis |
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where and what s extracellular water |
outside the cell in part of blood called plasma |
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major minerals |
calcium, sulfur, phosphorus, sodium, magnesium |
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minor minerals |
iron, zinc, copper, idoine |
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nearly ____ of american adults were overweight or obese |
2/3rds |
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____ is the ratio of weight to height that is used to determine whether a person's weight is healthy |
BMi |
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primary function of white adipose cells is |
energy status |
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brown fat cells are specialized to |
keep babies warm, later in life we just have white fat tissues |
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visceral fat is located where |
in the belly |
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____ of body's total energy use is for basal metabolism |
50-70% |
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what is considered a healthy bmi |
18.5 to 24.9 |
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overweight bmi |
25-29.9 |
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30-39.9 is what bmi |
obese |
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Underweight bmi |
<18.5 |
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What is vigorous activity |
70 to 85% of target heart zone |
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what is moderate |
50-70% |
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primary source of direct energy for cells |
ATP |
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what macronutrients can be metabolized for ATP production |
carbohydrates, lipid, and protein aka glucose fat and protein |
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anaerobic conditions means |
no oxygen |
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muscles convert pyruvate to what |
lactic acid |
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what is glycogen and where is stored |
it's a polysaccharide and it's stored in liver and muscle |
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muscles can use what energy system to obtain energy |
1. oxygen. 2) lactic acid. 3) phosphocreatine |
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what produces the most atp |
oxygen |
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Muscles store _____ immediate source of glucose for contracting muscles |
glucose |
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the ____ is the organ of pregnancy that transfers nutrients and oxygen from mothers blood to fetus |
placenta |
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A____ emains when the nitrogen containing protein of an amino acid is removed |
carbon skeleton |
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elated sign of pregnancy that occurs in manyhealthy pregnant women. |
minor edema of the hands and feet is a common nutrition |
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Pregnant women who develop gestational diabetes are more likely to give birth to _____ infants than pregnant women who do not have this condition. |
high birth weight |
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Which of the following activities is virgourus? |
aerobic |
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Deamination process forms _____ |
ammonia |
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Some women crave non-food items during pregnancy- it’s called |
pica |
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The hormone ____ enables the let down reflex to occur when a woman breastfeeds her baby |
oxytocin |