ISSA Fitness Nutrition Quizzes UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
1. Who declared "Let thy food be thy medicine, and Hippocrates
thy medicine be thy food" in 400 B.C.?
2. Vitamins and their importance in health and well- early 1900s.
ness were discovered by European doctors in the
3. In humans, what provides the first impression of The eyes
food?
4. Which of the following is one of the five categories Umami
of taste in food, corresponding to the flavor of
glutamates?
5. Foods selected, produced, or consumed for rea- functional foods.
sons beyond calorie and nutrient content are re-
ferred to as
6. Factors affecting a person's access to food, food religious considerations
selections and the way they consume foods in-
clude: cultural, economic, and
7. Foods intended to be ingested under the super- medical foods
vision of a physician for specific dietary manage-
ment of a disease or condition are known as
8. Which organ system is used for smelling? Olfactory system
9. The consistency of a food describes its firmness or thickness
10. The flavor of food is heavily influenced by the comprised of
amount of water?
11. Approximately what percentage of a cell's mass is
,fat
70 percent
, 12. A thin polar membrane made of pairs of lipid mol- lipid bilayer
ecules, is known as a(n)
13. Epithelial cells can be classified as squamous, columnar
cuboidal, or
14. Tendons and ligaments are made of dense connective tissue.
15. The three types of muscle found in the human smooth muscle
body are: cardiac muscle, skeletal muscle, and
16. How many organ systems are in the human body? 11
17. Which organ system works closely with the ner- Endocrine system
vous system to produce, release, and regulate hor-
mones?
18. Which of the following is a pulpy, acidic fluid Chyme
passing from the stomach to the small intestine,
consisting of gastric juices and partially digested
food?
19. Specialized cells on the pancreas, which secrete islets of Langerhans
insulin, glucagon, and somatostatin are referred
to as the
20. The small intestine is divided into three sections, duodenum, jejunum, and ileum
in the following order:
21. The process of converting ingested nutrients into metabolism
energy within the body is known as
22.
CORRECT Answers
1. Who declared "Let thy food be thy medicine, and Hippocrates
thy medicine be thy food" in 400 B.C.?
2. Vitamins and their importance in health and well- early 1900s.
ness were discovered by European doctors in the
3. In humans, what provides the first impression of The eyes
food?
4. Which of the following is one of the five categories Umami
of taste in food, corresponding to the flavor of
glutamates?
5. Foods selected, produced, or consumed for rea- functional foods.
sons beyond calorie and nutrient content are re-
ferred to as
6. Factors affecting a person's access to food, food religious considerations
selections and the way they consume foods in-
clude: cultural, economic, and
7. Foods intended to be ingested under the super- medical foods
vision of a physician for specific dietary manage-
ment of a disease or condition are known as
8. Which organ system is used for smelling? Olfactory system
9. The consistency of a food describes its firmness or thickness
10. The flavor of food is heavily influenced by the comprised of
amount of water?
11. Approximately what percentage of a cell's mass is
,fat
70 percent
, 12. A thin polar membrane made of pairs of lipid mol- lipid bilayer
ecules, is known as a(n)
13. Epithelial cells can be classified as squamous, columnar
cuboidal, or
14. Tendons and ligaments are made of dense connective tissue.
15. The three types of muscle found in the human smooth muscle
body are: cardiac muscle, skeletal muscle, and
16. How many organ systems are in the human body? 11
17. Which organ system works closely with the ner- Endocrine system
vous system to produce, release, and regulate hor-
mones?
18. Which of the following is a pulpy, acidic fluid Chyme
passing from the stomach to the small intestine,
consisting of gastric juices and partially digested
food?
19. Specialized cells on the pancreas, which secrete islets of Langerhans
insulin, glucagon, and somatostatin are referred
to as the
20. The small intestine is divided into three sections, duodenum, jejunum, and ileum
in the following order:
21. The process of converting ingested nutrients into metabolism
energy within the body is known as
22.
