WMAN 175 Exam 2 questions with
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Microelements - correct answer ✔✔an inorganic element required in relatively large amounts by an
organism
Microelements - correct answer ✔✔an inorganic element required in small amounts by an organism
trace elements - correct answer ✔✔elements required by an organism in only minute quantities
Micronutrient - correct answer ✔✔An essential nutrient required by the body in minute amounts
Vitamins - correct answer ✔✔organic substances required by animals for normal bodily functions
Coprophagia - correct answer ✔✔eating feces of their own
water soluble - correct answer ✔✔must be consistently available in diet, but can be dissolved in water
Calcium - correct answer ✔✔Muscle contraction, nerve impulse, transmission, bone formation, eggshell
formation, blood clotting, acid-base balance.
essential for healthy bones etc.
Phosphorus - correct answer ✔✔muscle contraction, nerve metabolism, metabolism of fats,
carbohydrates, and amino acids
Sodium - correct answer ✔✔Primary Cation + charged. for cell maintenance in saline fluid environment;
growth, reproduction, nerve impulse transmission
where is 99% of calcium found? - correct answer ✔✔in hydroxyapatite matrix
, fat soluble - correct answer ✔✔stored in large quantities in animals body. (A,D,E,K)
essential amino acids - correct answer ✔✔Amino acids that are needed, but cannot be made by the
body; they must be eatin in foods
Arginine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, valine
DIET
nonessential amino acids - correct answer ✔✔amino acids that the body can synthesize BODY
aline, aspartic acid, citrulline, cystine, climatic acid, glycine, norleucine, proline, serine, tyrosine
Ruminants - correct answer ✔✔Reduced/eliminated (deer) they consume a lot of food. More plants, lots
of biomass, not easily digested
Caeca - correct answer ✔✔mostly in birds. found in spruce grouse and geese and some elephants.
Breaks down the bacteria and amino acids from the food.
Allen's Rule - correct answer ✔✔ears, bills, tails, and other extremities tend to be shorter in the colder
portions of closely related species
Bergmann's Rule - correct answer ✔✔species living in colder climates often have larger body sizes than
sub species or closely related species living in warmer regions
Protein - correct answer ✔✔important for building body tissue- muscle and bones. (antlers, clutch,
gestation)
fats and carbohydrates - correct answer ✔✔carnivores normally obtain adequate amount in diet
herbivores, omnivores- seeds and fruit.
Body metabolism - correct answer ✔✔anabolic: build up tissue, maintain body tissue and store energy
catabolic: break down substances and release energy