To be classified as a nutrient, a substance we ingest must do at least one of three things: It must provide us with _______, it must serve as a _______, or it must help _______ the body’s physical processes.

The six classes of nutrients are _______, _______, and _______; and _______, _______, and _______.

Minerals are chemical _______, while vitamins are chemical _______. Because vitamins do not help form bodily structures, every vitamin is needed in strictly _______ amounts.

The central structure of the digestive system is a muscular tube called the ______ that passes through the body from the _______ to the _______•

Eighty percent of our nutrients make the transition out of the digestive system along the length of the _______.

A central function of the digestive system is to get food into a form that can move into the _______.

Bile is a substance secreted by the _______ and stored and concentrated by the _______. The pancreas secretes _______ and _______ into the small intestine.

Food is moved along the length of the digestive tract through the action of sets of _______ in a process called _______.

Arrange the following parts of the digestive system in the order in which food passes through them: stomach, large intestine, esophagus, small intestine.

Some weightlifters take protein supplements in the belief that these supplements will provide them with additional energy. Based on what you learned about the dietary role of proteins, are these supplements likely to be doing weightlifters any good?

The essential functions of the digestive system are to (select all that apply):

a. add nutrients to food.

b. put food into a form that can be transferred into circulation.

c. filter waste products from the blood.

d. transfer digested food into circulation.

e. retain undigested food and eliminate it from the body.