Exam 1: NUR1172/ NUR 1172 (New 2024/ 2025 Update) Nutrition Vocabularies with Verified Answers| 100% Correct| A Grade - Rasmussen
QUESTION
Process
... [Show More] 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
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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
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Intermediate breakdown product in the digestion of starch.
Answer:
Dextrin
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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. [Show Less]