Nst 10 Actual Test Paper Complete Questions And Answers Full Solution

NST 10 ACTUAL TEST PAPER COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FULL
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●● Catabolism
Answer: breaks down into smaller units, releases energy


●● Oxidation
Answer: Loss electrons


●● Reduction
Answer: Gain electrons


●● Where do the citric acid cycle and electron transport chain take
place?
Answer: mitochondria


●● Where does Glycolysis take place?
Answer: cytoplasm


●● How do we measure the calorie content of food?
Answer: bomb calorimetry

,●● How is Basal Metabolic rate measured?
Answer: direct calorimetry, indirect calorimetry, stable isotope methods.


●● What fraction of the body fluids is intracellular and extracellular?
Answer: 1/3 is extracellular
2/3 intracellular


●● Interstitial body fluid
Answer: bathes and surrounds the tissue cells


●● Intravascular
Answer: Blood, mixtures of blood cells, colloid, solutes


●● What is body fluid composed of?
Answer: Water and Minerals (Na+, K+, Cl-)


●● What signals dehydration?
Answer: Low blood volume and high solute concentration


●● Antidiuretic hormone (ADH)
Answer: promotes reabsorption of water only

, ●● Aldosterone
Answer: promotes salt retention and water follows, increases blood
volume, reabsorbs both


●● Extracellular minerals
Answer: Sodium and Chloride


●● Intracellular minerals
Answer: Potassium


●● Functions of Sodium and Potassium
Answer: fluid balance, nerve transmission, muscle contraction


●● Chloride functions
Answer: fluid balance, nerve transmission, component of HCI


●● Digestion within Carbohydrates
Answer: Mouth: Salivary amylase
Small Intestine: Pancreatic amylase


●● Digestion within lipids