SAS 7

LESSON PREVIEW

Severe Acute Malnutrition Chronic Malnutrition

Food Deprivation Current or recent Long-term
Physical Features Rapid weight loss Minimal height gains
wasting (underweight for height; stunting (short for age)
small upper arm circumference)
edema
World Prevalence <5y/o 5 to 15% 20 to 50%

CHECKING FOR UNDERSTANDING

Multiple Choice

1. b. esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine

Rationale: Food passes through the digestive system in the following order: Mouth, Esophagus, Stomach, The small intestine, Colon
(large intestine), and Rectum.

2. a. large intestine
Rationale: Chyme moves from the stomach to the small intestine. The undigested food is sent to the colon from the ileum via
peristaltic movements. The ileum ends and the large intestine begins at the ileocecal valve.

3. d. segmentation
Rationale: Segmentation is a periodic squeezing or partitioning of the intestine by its circular muscles that both mixes and slowly
pushes the contents along.
4. c. lipoproteins
Rationale: The lipid cluster and special proteins together form the lipoproteins. These large molecules act as vehicles, for the transport
of lipids in the blood and lymph circulating within the body. Lipids are required to associate with proteins for their
solubility in blood and as a result, can move from one part of the body to another, through the blood of the circulatory
system.

5. d. a high risk of heart disease

Rationale: An elevated concentration of LDLs will result in the accumulation of higher fat content (cholesterol) within the body. The
cholesterol accumulates in the blood vessels, along its walls and causes health problems such as high blood pressure. This
further enhances the risk of heart diseases in an individual with increased LDLs in the blood.

LESSON WRAP-UP
MUDDIEST POINT

In today’s lesson I was able to recall the anatomy and physiology of GI tract and digestion Process. I learned what are the
features and activities of intestinal cells that facilitate nutrient absorption.