BISC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Leaf Miner, Riboflavin, Body Fluid
13 Jul 2015
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Bisc 101 lecture 13 animal nutrition. In infants or growing children, the list of essential amino acids grows to 12: addition of cysteine, tyrosine, histidine, and arginine. Vitamins: vitamins: organic molecules required in the diet in small amounts, many vitamins function as coenzymes, ex: vitamin b2 is converted in the body to fad, fad: coenzyme used in metabolic processes like cellular respiration. 13 vitamins essential to humans have been identified: vitamins are grouped into two categories, fat soluble, water soluble. 3. maintaining osmotic balance between cells and surrounding body fluid. Iodine: used by vertebrates to make thyroid hormones which regulate metabolic rate: calcium and phosphorus: used by vertebrates to build and maintain bone tissue. Stages of food processing: main stages of food processing are: ingestion, digestion, absorption, elimination. Ingestion: the act of eating: suspension feeders: animals that sift small food particles from the water.
