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The beginning of food metabolizing is the digestive system. The digestive system includes the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine (also called the colon), rectum, and anus.
When a person eats, their food is chewed and swallowed. It travels down the esophagus to the stomach, where it is mixed with the gastric juices of the stomach to help the food be further broken down. It then moves to the small intestine, where the Villi (vill-eye), small worm-like structures in the lining of the intestine, absorb the nutrients of the food. People with an immune disorder called Celiac Disease who have had a 'yeast infection' cannot absorb nutrients as well as others, since their Villi have been destroyed by the yeast. Whatever is left of the food from the small intestine passes through the large intestine, rectum, and is eliminated without further use.
After the nutrients are absorbed by the Villi, they are taken to the cells throughout the body, where they are absorbed further and 'eaten' or used as fuel by the cell's Mitochondria (easy way to remember: Mighty Mitochondria, the powerhouse of the cell). The cells then receive the energy from the Mitochondria and work throughout the body.
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What is an energy pyrimad?
it is a pyramid showing the transfer of energy in a ecosystem
What is 'a nutrient'?
A nutrient is a substance in food that the body needs in order to work properly.Nutrients refer to the substances that are metabolized by the animals to build energy and provide energy.A nutrient refers to any substance that can be metabolized by the human bodies to build tissue and give energy.
When 2 bodies reach the same temperature transfer of energy stops. the bodies in contact reached their?
You could call it an equilibrium.
What is A diagram showing the transfer of energy between organisms called?
A Sankey Diagram
What is the transfer of thermal energy between two bodies which are at different temperatures?
Thermal energy can be transferred by conduction, convection, or radiation. The formulae for the rate of transfer - if that's what you are after - vary, depending on which type of transfer is predominant.
When protein consumption is in excess of body needs and energy needs are met the excess amino acids are metabolized and the energy in the molecule is what?
Our bodies cannot store excess protein once it is consumed, so the excess amino acids are converted to carbon skeletons that are turned into glucose or fat and then stored as fat or metabolized for energy needs. **stored as glycogen & fat** jmata~
When protein consumption is in excess of body needs and energy needs are met the excess amino acids are metabolized and the energy in the molecule is?
Our bodies cannot store excess protein once it is consumed, so the excess amino acids are converted to carbon skeletons that are turned into glucose or fat and then stored as fat or metabolized for energy needs. **stored as glycogen & fat** jmata~
A simple energy chain showing energy transfer on solar panels?
RAD BRO SO RAD! i have no idea but who wants to no this stuff?
Energy transfer as heat between two objects depends on what?
It depends on the respective temperatures of the bodies.
Transfer of radiant energy is?
Mostly done by infra red EM radiation, since this is emitted by hot bodies and absorbed by bodies that receive it.
Can heat be transferred only through solids?
No, energy will transfer between any adjacent bodies, moreover, a medium is not necessary for energy to transfer between objects at all. That would be a little thing called radiation.
Why do your bodies need cereals?
Cereals contain carbohydrates, which provide the body with an easily metabolized source of energy. Different cereals will also contain fiber, sugar, and various vitamins and minerals as well.
