UNIT 5 REFLECTION: 

In Unit 5 we learned about the Digestive System, Fuel Metabolism, Diabetes, Endocrine System and the Lymphatic System.

In the Digestive System I learned all the organs and basic functions that are all involved in the digestion of food. I also learned the passage way for food and how and where it goes after we eat it and how it is broken down, tell it comes out as waste.

In Fuel Metabolism I learned the central themes for fuel metabolism and that our body goes into 3 different stages after we eat food, the fed state, the fasting state, and the starvation state. It is never good for your body to go into the starvation state because your muscles rely on the adipose tissue for fuel. If you don't have a lot of fat of you, your body wont be able to last as long. We also learned how energy is extracted from the food we eat, and how it is broken down also into 3 different stages.

Diabetes is a serious thing that people can develop and is something that cannot be left untreated. Diabetes is when your body doesn't produce enough insulin (very important)

Endocrine system has to do with all the hormones in our body and how they are released. What they do for our body and why our body needs them to grow.

The lymphatic system has to do with our lymph nodes, lymph capillaries and lymph vessels. We also learned what a leaky gut was and how the lymcoytes are Tcells, Bcells, and NK.