QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
absorption - Correct answers✔✔The process by which nutrient molecules pass through the wall
of the digestive system into the blood
digestion - Correct answers✔✔Breakdown of food substances into simpler forms that can be
absorbed and used
basal metabolic rate (BMR) - Correct answers✔✔The metabolic rate of a nongrowing, resting,
fasting, nonstressed endotherm.
bile - Correct answers✔✔secretion of liver stored in gallbladder
essential for the digestion of fat
bioavailable - Correct answers✔✔ability of nutrient to be readily absorbed and used by the body
bolus - Correct answers✔✔A term used to describe food after it has been chewed and mixed with
saliva
buffer systems - Correct answers✔✔protective systems of regulating amounts of hydrogen ions
in body fluids
calorie - Correct answers✔✔measurement of heat
1 lb of fat - Correct answers✔✔3500 calories