Chapter 25: Nutrition, Metabolism, and Temperature Regulation
Chapter Objectives
Define the term nutrition.
Define the term kilocalorie, and list the kilocalories supplied by a gram each of carbohydrate, lipid, and protein.
Describe for carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins their dietary sources, their uses in the body, and the daily recommended amounts of each in the diet.
List the vitamins, and indicate the function of each.
List the most common minerals, and indicate the major function of each.
Describe the basic steps in glycolysis, and indicate its major products.
Describe the citric acid cycle and its major products.
Describe the electron-transport chain and how ATP is produced in the process.
Explain how 2 ATP molecules are produced in anaerobic respiration and 38 ATP molecules are produced in aerobic respiration from one molecule of glucose.
Describe the basic steps involved in using lipids as an energy source.
Explain how amino acids can be used for energy.
Describe the conversion of lipids and protein into glucose and the conversion of glucose into glycogen.
Differentiate between the absorptive and postabsorptive metabolic states.
Define the term metabolic rate.
Describe heat production and regulation in the body.
