Nutrition and Digestion
Description: This test helps the student to revise for the test | |
Number of Questions: 25 | |
Created by: Shiva Nambiar | |
Tags: saccherides vitamins minerals etc Nutrition Types Digestive System in Man, Digesting Enzymes and Working Blood Clotting |
The mode of nutrition is characteristic of plants whereby they prepare complex food substances using simple raw material is called_____.
The complex process of ingesting, digesting, absorbing and assimilating the food is termed as _____.
The ability of the organism to prepare its own food.
The organism that derives nutrition from a living host, without helping it in any way is called ____.
The organism that absorbs nourishment from dead or decaying organic matter is called ____.
Human beings grow two sets of teeth: the _____ and the permanent teeth.
Teeth of animals are of two types; they are Homodont teeth and ______.
Emergence of first baby teeth through baby gums is known as ______.
Each jaw consists of four incisors, two canines and ____ molars.
There are ____ deciduous teeth.
The _____ of the lower jaw are the smallest permanent teeth.
_____ forms the outer covering of the crown and it is the hardest substance in the body.
The ______ helps to anchor the tooth in the socket and also serves as a shock absorber during chewing.
The three main classes of food, i.e. proteins, ___ and fats, are the macronutrients which form the three main classes of food.
Proteins are complex high molecular weight compounds made up of chains of _____ containing building blocks called aminoacids.
Organic nutrients perform ____ (structural) and energetic functions in the body.
Examples for monosaccharide are glucose, fructose and _____.
General formula for Disaccharide is ____.
_____ is a complex waxy substance that is an essential component of the walls of the body cell.
Diseases that result from nutritional vitamin deficiencies are known as ______.
The energy value of food is measured in ____.
Water soluble vitamins are vitamin ____.
Water loss exceeding 10% of body weight results in severe _____.
The _____ is proportional to body surface, influenced by sex, age, height and body weight.
Phylloquinones (________) assists in the production of prothrombin and other factors that ensure normal clotting of blood.