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DIT 121 EXAM/23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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DIT 121 EXAM/23 QUESTIONS ANDANSWERS
Essential Nutrient - -Nutrients a person must obtain from food because the
body cannot make them for itself in sufficient quantity
- % Daily Value - -Based on a 2000 kcalorie diet
- Required information on the Nutrition Fact Panel - -Serving sizes
Nutrient Quantities: Total food energy, food energy from fat, total fat,
saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, sodium, carbs, dietary fiber, sugars
(natural and added), protein. Vitamin A, C, Iron, Calcium
Daily Values
- Major organs of digestion - -Mouth, Esophagus, Stomach, Large (colon)
and Small Intestine
- Mouth function - -Chews and mixes food with saliva
- Esophagus function - -Passes food from the mouth to the stomach
- Stomach function - -Churns, mixes, and grinds food to a liquid mass, adds
acid, enzymes and fluid
- Liver function - -Manufactures bile salts, detergent-like substances, to help
digest fats
- Gallbladder function - -stores bile until needed
- Small Intestine function - -Secretes enzymes that digest all energy
yielding nutrients to smaller nutrient particles; cells of wall absorb nutrients
into blood and lymph
- Pancreas function - -Manufatures enzymes to digest all energy-yeilding
nutrients and releases bicarbonate to neutralize acid chyme that enters the
small intestine
- Large intestine function (colon) - -Absorbs water and minerals, passes
waste (fiber, bacteria, and unabsorbed nutrients) along with water to the
rectum
- HCL (Hydrochloric acid) - -acts primarily in protein digestion, normally
produced by GASTRIC (STOMACH) glands
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