ISSA QUIZ QUESTIONS NUTRITION
Questions & Answers
1. Who declared "Let thy food be thy medicine, and thy medicine be thy food" in
400 B.C.
Answer Hippocrates
2. Vitamins and their importance in health and wellness were discovered by
European doctors in the
Answer Early 1900s
3. In humans what provides the first impression of food?
Answer The eyes
4. Which of the following is one of the five categories of taste in food, corre-
sponding to the flavor glutamate?
Answer Umami
5. Foods selected, produced, or consumed for reasons beyond calorie and nu-
trient content are referred to as
Answer Functional Foods
6. Approximately what percentage of a cell's mass is water?
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, Answer 70%
7. A thin polar membrane made of pairs of a lipid molecules, is known as
Answer Lipid bilayer
8. Epithelial cells can be classified as squamous, cuboidal, or
Answer Columnar
9. Tendons and ligaments are made of
Answer Dense connective tissue
10. The three types of body muscle found in the human body are
Answer cardiac, skeletal, and Smooth
11. How many organ systems in the body
Answer 11
12. Which organ system works closely with the nervous system to
produce, release, and regulate hormones?
Answer Endocrine system
13. Which of the following is a pulpy, acidic fluid passing from the stomach to
the small intestine, consisting of gastric juices and partially digested food?
Answer Chyme
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Questions & Answers
1. Who declared "Let thy food be thy medicine, and thy medicine be thy food" in
400 B.C.
Answer Hippocrates
2. Vitamins and their importance in health and wellness were discovered by
European doctors in the
Answer Early 1900s
3. In humans what provides the first impression of food?
Answer The eyes
4. Which of the following is one of the five categories of taste in food, corre-
sponding to the flavor glutamate?
Answer Umami
5. Foods selected, produced, or consumed for reasons beyond calorie and nu-
trient content are referred to as
Answer Functional Foods
6. Approximately what percentage of a cell's mass is water?
1/
10
, Answer 70%
7. A thin polar membrane made of pairs of a lipid molecules, is known as
Answer Lipid bilayer
8. Epithelial cells can be classified as squamous, cuboidal, or
Answer Columnar
9. Tendons and ligaments are made of
Answer Dense connective tissue
10. The three types of body muscle found in the human body are
Answer cardiac, skeletal, and Smooth
11. How many organ systems in the body
Answer 11
12. Which organ system works closely with the nervous system to
produce, release, and regulate hormones?
Answer Endocrine system
13. Which of the following is a pulpy, acidic fluid passing from the stomach to
the small intestine, consisting of gastric juices and partially digested food?
Answer Chyme
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10
