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The human body and nutrition
The human body and nutrition
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Revision for the topic of human nutrition
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What does the pancreas do?
Cleans the blood
Produces digestive juices
Expells waste
Absorbs nutrients
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Where is water absorbed?
The anus
The stomach
The large intestine
The small intestine
3
What is the purpose of the white blood cell?
Defend your body from viruses.
Heals wounds.
Produces nutrients.
Transports oxygen.
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During absorption nutrients pass to our blood through our....
Arteries
Capillaries
Veins
Salivary glads
5
Where does gas exchange take place?
In your nose
In your bronchi
In your alveoli
In your diaphragm
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The objective of digestion is to...
...produce energy.
...create gastric juices.
... transform food to nutrients.
...eliminate waste.
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What are the three types of blood cells?
Platelets, arteries and red blood cells.
Animal cells, plant cells and fat cells.
White blood, cells, red blood cells and platelets.
Red blood cells, white blood cells and, and capillaries.
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What is chyme?
The waste we expell from the body
The nutrientsin our blood
The gastrics juices mixed with the bolus.
The juices created by the liver
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Whatis the purpose of the kidneys?
They expell waste
They carry carbon dioxide back to the lungs.
They transfer nutrients to the blood.
They clean the blood.
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What is the nasal cavity?
The blood capillaries in your lungs
The pipe that joins your larynx to your bronchi
The area inside your lungs
The area inside your nose
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Whatis pulmonary circulation?
Blood moving between your lungs and your heart
Blood moving to the liver.
Nutrients being absorbed.
Blood moving around your body.
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What does the oesophagus join together?
The mouth and the small intestine.
The pharynx and the stomach
The stomach and the small intestine.
The pharynx and the mouth.
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What is pulmonary ventilation?
The absorption of oxygen from the blood
The movement of air in and out of our lungs
The movement of air in and out of our blood
When we breathe out
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What are the three stages of the digestive process?
Digestion, elimination and preparation
Excretion, absorption and elimination.
Absorption, elimination and translation
Digestion, absorption and excretion
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The urinary system consists of...
The bladder, kidneys, urine and the sweat glands.
...the bladder, the ureters, the urethra and the kidneys
...the bladder, the uterus, the kidneys and the capillaries
...the kidneys, the liver, the blood vessels and the bladder
