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Match the term with the correct definition.  (There are more answer items than you will need.)

Dietary fiber has been recommended for its possible benefits in reducing heart disease by lowering blood cholesterol.  How does fiber play a role in lowering blood cholesterol?

You often cannot refuse food offered to you by your companions. Which food choice factor does this situation illustrate? 

A 10-year-old boy is going through a growth spurt. What should his nitrogen status be, given that he needs to build new muscle tissue?

Blood leaving the digestive system is routed directly to the [BLANK-1].

The wavelike muscular squeezing of the esophagus, stomach, and small intestine that pushes their contents along is called [BLANK-1].

The body’s circulating fluids are:

Foods in the fruit group are good sources of:

Bile plays an important role in fat digestion.  Which of the following organs stores bile juice? 

Digestion of most starch begins in the [BLANK-1].