Nutrition Chapter 3 questions and
answers
Cells are organized into tissues that perform specialized tasks and tissues, in turn, are
grouped together to form whole organs. ✅✅True
Body fluids supply the tissues continuously with energy, oxygen, and nutrients, including
water. ✅✅True
Chewing food for an extended time provides additional advantages to digestion.
✅✅False
Timing of meals is important because the digestive tract is unable to digest food at
certain times. ✅✅False
Some nutrients are stored in the body in much smaller quantities than others are.
✅✅True
Some vitamins are stored in the body without limit, even if they reach toxic levels.
✅✅True
Cells can best be described as: ✅✅Self-containing living entities.
Among the cells' most basic needs are " " and the oxygen with which to burn it.
✅✅Energy
The first principle of diet planning is that the foods we choose must provide energy and
the essential nutrients, including: ✅✅Water
Which of the following determines the nature of the cell's work? ✅✅Genes
Cells lining the digestive tract replace themselves every: ✅✅3 days
Which of the following cells normally replace themselves once every few years?
✅✅Muscle
Which of the following types of cells do not reproduce, and if damaged by injury or
disease, are lost forever? ✅✅Brain cells
The body's circulating fluids is: ✅✅Blood
Lymph
The blood picks up oxygen and releases carbon dioxide in the: ✅✅Lungs
, Which of the following has the special task of chemically altering absorbed materials to
make them better suited for use by other tissues? ✅✅Liver
When the pancreas detects a high concentration of the blood's sugar, glucose, it
releases: ✅✅Insulin
Hormones are secreted and released into the blood by " " ✅✅Glands
Which of the following alerts your conscious mind to the sensation of hunger?
✅✅Brain
Hormones
The nervous system's role in hunger regulation is coordinated by the: ✅✅Brain
Which of the following does not occur as the part of the stress response? ✅✅The
digestive system speeds up.
Which of the following are the first to defend the body tissues against invaders?
✅✅Phagocytes.
Which of the following poses a formidable obstacle to a successful organ transplant?
✅✅T-cells
The condition of inflammation that tissues undergo when they become injured or
irritated: ✅✅May involve loss of function of the affected body part.
Most people have aversions to " " tastes. ✅✅Bitter
The digestive tract needs " " which provides the bulk against which the muscles of the
colon can work. ✅✅Fiber
The primary organ of digestion and absorption is the: ✅✅Small intestine.
The stomach's main function is the digestion of what nutrient? ✅✅Protein
The purpose of the villi and microvilli in the intestinal tract is to: ✅✅Trap the nutrient
particles and absorb them into the cells.
In cases of severe under nutrition, the small intestine will react by: ✅✅Shrinking to a
much smaller surface.
The major function of the kidneys is to: ✅✅Excrete wastes from the body in urine.
answers
Cells are organized into tissues that perform specialized tasks and tissues, in turn, are
grouped together to form whole organs. ✅✅True
Body fluids supply the tissues continuously with energy, oxygen, and nutrients, including
water. ✅✅True
Chewing food for an extended time provides additional advantages to digestion.
✅✅False
Timing of meals is important because the digestive tract is unable to digest food at
certain times. ✅✅False
Some nutrients are stored in the body in much smaller quantities than others are.
✅✅True
Some vitamins are stored in the body without limit, even if they reach toxic levels.
✅✅True
Cells can best be described as: ✅✅Self-containing living entities.
Among the cells' most basic needs are " " and the oxygen with which to burn it.
✅✅Energy
The first principle of diet planning is that the foods we choose must provide energy and
the essential nutrients, including: ✅✅Water
Which of the following determines the nature of the cell's work? ✅✅Genes
Cells lining the digestive tract replace themselves every: ✅✅3 days
Which of the following cells normally replace themselves once every few years?
✅✅Muscle
Which of the following types of cells do not reproduce, and if damaged by injury or
disease, are lost forever? ✅✅Brain cells
The body's circulating fluids is: ✅✅Blood
Lymph
The blood picks up oxygen and releases carbon dioxide in the: ✅✅Lungs
, Which of the following has the special task of chemically altering absorbed materials to
make them better suited for use by other tissues? ✅✅Liver
When the pancreas detects a high concentration of the blood's sugar, glucose, it
releases: ✅✅Insulin
Hormones are secreted and released into the blood by " " ✅✅Glands
Which of the following alerts your conscious mind to the sensation of hunger?
✅✅Brain
Hormones
The nervous system's role in hunger regulation is coordinated by the: ✅✅Brain
Which of the following does not occur as the part of the stress response? ✅✅The
digestive system speeds up.
Which of the following are the first to defend the body tissues against invaders?
✅✅Phagocytes.
Which of the following poses a formidable obstacle to a successful organ transplant?
✅✅T-cells
The condition of inflammation that tissues undergo when they become injured or
irritated: ✅✅May involve loss of function of the affected body part.
Most people have aversions to " " tastes. ✅✅Bitter
The digestive tract needs " " which provides the bulk against which the muscles of the
colon can work. ✅✅Fiber
The primary organ of digestion and absorption is the: ✅✅Small intestine.
The stomach's main function is the digestion of what nutrient? ✅✅Protein
The purpose of the villi and microvilli in the intestinal tract is to: ✅✅Trap the nutrient
particles and absorb them into the cells.
In cases of severe under nutrition, the small intestine will react by: ✅✅Shrinking to a
much smaller surface.
The major function of the kidneys is to: ✅✅Excrete wastes from the body in urine.
