Nursing 104 – The Role of Proteins in the Body – Flashcards

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What are the type main types types of Dietary Proteins?
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Complete Proteins - contain the 8 essential amino acids of the 22 that the body cant produced and are found in plants or animals that eat the plant.
Incomplete Proteins - dont have all the essential amino acids
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Protein digestion results in /*---- amino acids composed of a ------ group, ------------- group and a side chain group -------- to the amino acid. They also have a central ----- carbon.
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single, amine, carboxyl, specific, alpha
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Digestion of protein happens initially in the oral cavity where they are mixed with -----, and is chemically digested in the -------- by ----- and ----. Most chemical digestion is in the ---- --------- from the pancreatic proteases; ------;---------------;----------------- and small intestine ----------.
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saliva, stomach, pepsin, HCl, small intestine, trypsin, chymotyrpsin, carboxypeptidase, peptidase
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Digestion of protein happens initially in the oral cavity where they are mixed with -----, and is chemically digested in the -------- by ----- and ----. Most chemical digestion is in the ---- --------- from the pancreatic proteases; ------;---------------;----------------- and small intestine ----------.
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saliva, stomach, pepsin, HCl, small intestine, trypsin, chymotyrpsin, carboxypeptidase, peptidase
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Proteins are actively transported into --------- cells in the ---- ---------. They have a similar absorption mechanism to ------- and some are co-transported across the brush border with ---. They then enter the bloodstream via the ------ ----- system located in the -----.
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epithelial, small intestine, glucose, Na+, hepatic portal, liver
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Explain the three main uses of protein within the body
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Structural ie muscles; Functional i.e enzymes, hormones, globulin fro immunity, clotting factors, transport protein (albumin); Energy Source ie Amino Acids to produce ATP and excess converted to TAGs and stored in adipose cells.
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