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HNF EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS (GRADED A+) When the pancreas detects a high concentration of blood glucose, it: - Answer- secretes insulin The lymphatic system is responsible for transporting ________to the blood system - Answer- fat Plasma is the fluid in blood and lymph tha...

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HNF EXAM 1 QUESTIONS
WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS (GRADED A+)
When the pancreas detects a high concentration of blood glucose, it: - Answer- secretes
insulin

The lymphatic system is responsible for transporting ________to the blood system -
Answer- fat

Plasma is the fluid in blood and lymph that is contained within cells(T/F) - Answer-
FALSE

As food moves through the digestive tract it spends the most time in the: - Answer-
large intestine because of the need to partially digest fiber and absorb water

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is caused by bacterial pathogens(T/F) - Answer- FALSE

Probiotics may be most useful in treating: - Answer- diarrhea

In advanced liver diseases due to alcoholism, what occurs before fibrosis and cirrhosis?
- Answer- fatty accumulation in the liver

Cirrhosis of the liver is reversible with good nutrition(T/F) - Answer- FALSE

Which provides tennis players with the immediate bursts of energy they need to play
well? - Answer- glycogen

____ are central to the formation of plaques in blood vessels that contribute to
cardiovascular disease - Answer- LDL

In which of the following organs does almost all of the alcohol we consume get
processed? - Answer- liver

Is it possible to reverse heart disease (leading cause of death in US) with nutrition? -
Answer- yes

, food - Answer- medically, any substance that the body can take in and assimilate that
will enable it to stay alive and to growl the carrier of nourishment socially, a more limited
number of such substances defined as acceptable by each culture

nutrition - Answer- the study of nutrients in foods and in the body; sometimes also the
study of human behaviors related to food

diet - Answer- the foods (including beverages) a person usually eats and drinks

nutrients - Answer- components of food that are indispensable to the body's functioning.
they provide energy, serve as a building material, help maintain or repair body parts,
and support growth. they include water, carbohydrate, fat, protein, vitamins, and
minerals

malnutrition - Answer- any condition caused by excess or deficient food energy or
nutrient intake or by an imbalance of nutrients. nutrient or energy deficiencies are forms
of undernutrition nutrient or energy excesses are forms of over nutrition

chronic diseases - Answer- long-duration degenerative diseases characterized by
deterioration of the body organs. examples include heart disease, cancer, and diabetes

genome - Answer- the full complement of genetic information in the chromosomes of a
cell. in human beings, the genome consists of about 35,000 genes and supporting
materials. the study of genomes is genomics

genes - Answer- units of a cell's inheritance sections of the larger genetic molecule
DNA. each gene directs the making of one or more of the body's proteins

DNA - Answer- an abbreviation for deoxyribonucleic acid, the threadlike molecule that
encodes genetic information in its structural DNA strands coil up densely to form the
chromosomes

energy - Answer- the capacity to do work. the energy in food is chemical energy; it can
be converted to mechanical, electrical, thermal, or other forms of energy in the body.
food energy is measured in calories

organic - Answer- carbon containing. four of the six classes of nutrients are organic;
carbohydrate, fat, protein, and vitamins. strictly speaking, organic compounds include
only those made by living things and do not include compounds such as carbon dioxide,
diamonds, and a few carbon salts

grams - Answer- units of weight. a gram is the weight go a cubic centimeter or milliliter
of water under defined conditions of temperature and pressure. about 28 grams equal
an ounce

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