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Lesson 4 These questions for lesson 4 come from material in units 7 & 8 .

This work will be due by next Monday, February 11, 2008. Lesson 4. 1. Give the parts of the digestive system and their functions. 2. What are monsaccharides and what are the three main ones related to human nutrition? 3. What are disaccharides and what are the three main ones related to human nutrition. 4. What is starch made up of? 5. What are enzymes and what to they do? 6. What are the building blocks for proteins? 7. What is a true fat composed of? 8.Describe the mechanical part of the digestion process, telling what happens, purpose, etc. 9. What is amylase and what produces it? 10. What are maltase, sucrase, and lactase and what do they do and what produces them? 11. Describe the process of carbohydrate digestion, giving enzymes, what they do, the goal of digestion, the end products, etc. 12. What are the building blocks for proteins? 13. What are pepsin and trypsin and where do they come from? 14. Give the process of protein digestion, giving the goal of the process, the enzymes involved and where they come from, the end product of the process, etc. 15. What is bile, where does it come from and what is its function? 16. What are lipases, where do they come from and what are their functions? 17. Where does fat digestion takes place, what are the end-rpoducts of fat digestion and the products are absorbed where? 18. List and briefly describe the digestive disorders. 19. What is lactose intolerance and what causes it? 20. Define calorie. 21. What does the body use energy for? 22. WHat is basal metabolism?

23. WHat is the caloric requirment for basal metabolism for a 190 lb. man? 24. What is the caloric requirement for basal metabolism for a 120 lb. woman? 25. What is dietary thermogenesis and how many carlories does this take? 26. Calculate the daily requirement of carlories for a 190 lb. man who is inactive and also calculate the requiremnt for a 190 lb. man who is physically active 4 or more hours per day. 27. Do the same two calculations above for a 120 lb. woman. 28. Give the calories per gram of: - carbohydrate - protein - fat 29. Which contains the most energy (calories) a tablespoon of maragine, sugar or pork? 30. Define: - hunger - satiety - appetite 31. What is meant by energy balance?

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