Dental Hygienists Guide to Nutritional Care 5th
Edition 2025 Brand New!!!
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Taste buds, receptors of taste located in the oral cavity, play an important role in the digestive
system. Visual sensory perceptions associated with the presentation and color of food are known as
gustatory sensations.
The first statement is true; the second is false.
The small intestine is comprised of the cecum, colon, and rectum. The large intestine includes the
duodenum, jejunum, and ileum.
Both statements are false
Which function has the least priority for protein?
Energy storage
Hydrolysis of a starch begins with which enzyme?
Salivary amylase
Increase in consumption of which of the following has the greatest effect on an increase in body
weight?
Kilocalorie intake
What is the main job of digestive enzymes?
a.To make food taste sweeter
b.To physically break and grind down bits of food into absorbable sizes
c.To chemically break down food macromolecules into absorbable-sized molecules
d.To turn proteins into peptides and peptides into amino acid
To chemically break down food macromolecules into absorbable-sized molecules
During peristalsis, doorlike mechanisms called valves or sphincter muscles perform all of the following
functions, except one. Which is the exception?
a.Synthesize dietary enzymes necessary for chemical digestion.
b. Retain food in each segment until mechanical actions is complete.
c. Prevent food from "backing up" into the preceding area.
Synthesize dietary enzymes necessary for chemical digestion.
Which of the following does the large intestine most likely absorb in digestion?
a. The large intestine stores food
b. Additional nutrients
, c. Water
d. Enzyme
Water
If we are looking at a chain of carbon atoms and see a cluster of additional atoms attached to it which
we know behave in a specific way, what is that cluster?
a. A monomer
b. An organic molecule
c. A functional group
d. A polymer
A functional group
Which is least likely to be found free in nature?
a. Maltose
b. Glucose
c. Galactose
d. Fructose
Galactose
Which is true of ketosis?
a. It occurs when fat storage is high, and ketones are low in the blood
b. It occurs when a body's protein stores are broken down, and ketones are high in the blood
c. It occurs when protein storage is high, and ketones are low in the blood
d. It occurs when fat stores are broken down for energy, and ketones are high in the blood
It occurs when fat stores are broken down for energy, and ketones are high in the blood
Each nonnutritive sweetener can be recommended to patients with phenylketonuria, except one.
Which one is the exception?
a. Sucralose
b. Saccharine
c. Acesulfame-K
d. Cyclamate
e.Aspartame
Aspartame
Glycogen can be stored in which of these:
a) Starches c)Liver
b) Muscles d)Pancreas
B&C
When a lactose-intolerant person consumes dairy products he or she may experience all of the
following symptoms, EXCEPT _____.
a. headache and sore throat
b. nausea and diarrhea
Edition 2025 Brand New!!!
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Taste buds, receptors of taste located in the oral cavity, play an important role in the digestive
system. Visual sensory perceptions associated with the presentation and color of food are known as
gustatory sensations.
The first statement is true; the second is false.
The small intestine is comprised of the cecum, colon, and rectum. The large intestine includes the
duodenum, jejunum, and ileum.
Both statements are false
Which function has the least priority for protein?
Energy storage
Hydrolysis of a starch begins with which enzyme?
Salivary amylase
Increase in consumption of which of the following has the greatest effect on an increase in body
weight?
Kilocalorie intake
What is the main job of digestive enzymes?
a.To make food taste sweeter
b.To physically break and grind down bits of food into absorbable sizes
c.To chemically break down food macromolecules into absorbable-sized molecules
d.To turn proteins into peptides and peptides into amino acid
To chemically break down food macromolecules into absorbable-sized molecules
During peristalsis, doorlike mechanisms called valves or sphincter muscles perform all of the following
functions, except one. Which is the exception?
a.Synthesize dietary enzymes necessary for chemical digestion.
b. Retain food in each segment until mechanical actions is complete.
c. Prevent food from "backing up" into the preceding area.
Synthesize dietary enzymes necessary for chemical digestion.
Which of the following does the large intestine most likely absorb in digestion?
a. The large intestine stores food
b. Additional nutrients
, c. Water
d. Enzyme
Water
If we are looking at a chain of carbon atoms and see a cluster of additional atoms attached to it which
we know behave in a specific way, what is that cluster?
a. A monomer
b. An organic molecule
c. A functional group
d. A polymer
A functional group
Which is least likely to be found free in nature?
a. Maltose
b. Glucose
c. Galactose
d. Fructose
Galactose
Which is true of ketosis?
a. It occurs when fat storage is high, and ketones are low in the blood
b. It occurs when a body's protein stores are broken down, and ketones are high in the blood
c. It occurs when protein storage is high, and ketones are low in the blood
d. It occurs when fat stores are broken down for energy, and ketones are high in the blood
It occurs when fat stores are broken down for energy, and ketones are high in the blood
Each nonnutritive sweetener can be recommended to patients with phenylketonuria, except one.
Which one is the exception?
a. Sucralose
b. Saccharine
c. Acesulfame-K
d. Cyclamate
e.Aspartame
Aspartame
Glycogen can be stored in which of these:
a) Starches c)Liver
b) Muscles d)Pancreas
B&C
When a lactose-intolerant person consumes dairy products he or she may experience all of the
following symptoms, EXCEPT _____.
a. headache and sore throat
b. nausea and diarrhea
