Exam 1: NUR1172/ NUR 1172 (New
Update) Nutrition Vocabularies with
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Rasmussen
QUESTION
Process by which plants containing chlorophyll are able to manufacture carbohydrate by
combining CO2 from the air and water from the soil with sunlight providing energy and
chlorophyll as a catalyst.
Answer:
Photosynthesis
QUESTION
Simple sugar;
a carbohydrate containing a single saccharide (sugar) unit.
The most common monosaccharides are glucose, galactose, and fructose.
Answer:
Monosaccharide
QUESTION
Class of sugars composed of two molecules of monosaccharide. The three most common
disaccharides are sucrose, lactose, and maltose.
Answer:
Disaccharides
QUESTION
Alcohol formed from a simple sugar;
,sugar alcohols DO NOT react with bacteria in the mouth to form dental caries;
most sugar alcohols are poorly digested and absorbed, and
yield less than 4 kcal/g.
Answer:
Sugar alcohols
QUESTION
Sum of all the various biochemical and physiologic processes by which the body grows and
maintains itself (anabolism),
breaks down and reshapes tissue (catabolism), and transforms energy to do its work. Products of
these various reactions are called metabolites.
Answer:
Metabolism
QUESTION
A polysaccharide made up of many saccharide (glucose) units. Glycogen is the body storage
form of carbohydrate (glucose) found mostly in the liver, with lesser amounts in the muscle.
Answer:
Glycogen
QUESTION
Intermediate breakdown product in the digestion of starch.
Answer:
Dextrin
QUESTION
Nondigestible carbohydrates and lignin found in plants;
dietary fiber is eaten as an intact part of the plant in which it is found.
, Answer:
Dietary fiber
QUESTION
Intermediate products of polysaccharide digestion that contain from 3 to 10 glucose units.
Answer:
Oligosaccharides
Intermediate products of polysaccharide digestion that contain from 3 to 10 glucose units.
QUESTION
Substances with sweetening power that are not efficiently absorbed or cannot be metabolized to
provide energy or can be used in very minute amounts based on their intense sweetness.
Answer:
Nonnutritive sweeteners
QUESTION
Promotes the development of dental caries or tooth decay.
Answer:
Cariogenic
QUESTION
A lipoprotein produced in the liver that transports fatty acids and cholesterol to the cells and
tissues;
this lipoprotein contains a high proportion of cholesterol.
Answer:
Low-Density Lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol
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