Answers.
Entering a Health Profession
∙ GI problems account for about _____ of the visits to the ER
∙ Constipation is common
∙ Digital removal of feces correct answers 15
Why Should I Care About and Love My Digestive Tract
∙ Your digestive tract acquires the ______ your body needs from food.
∙ Those nutrients are then used to make the fabric of your body.
∙ What (specifically) in your body needs the nutrients you consume?
→ ___________ correct answers ∙ nutrients
∙ your cells need the nutrients you eat
Your Cells Need the Nutrients You Eat!
∙ Cells are self-contained living entities that _______.
∙ A cell's needs include
→ ______ (that is why you breathe)
→ Water (that is why you get thirsty)
→ Carbohydrates (from your diet)
→ _________ (from your protein in your diet)
→ Lipids (from fat/triglycerides in your diet) correct answers ∙ have their own needs
∙ oxygen
∙ amino acids
Which of the following lists best describes the levels of organization in the body, from smallest
to largest? correct answers atoms, molecules, macromolecules, cells , tissues, organs, organ
systems
, How is your body organized? correct answers cell (smallest) → tissue → organ → organ system
→ body (largest)
A cell is the ... correct answers smallest living unit
Energy (ATP) is produced in an organelle called... correct answers the mitochondrion
Your Body Has Many Organ Systems - Each with a Unique Function correct answers ∙
Cardiovascular
∙ Lymphatic
∙ Nervous
∙ Endocrine
∙ Immune
∙ Digestive/Gastrointestinal (GI) tract
∙ Urinary
∙ Integumentary
∙ Skeletal
∙ Muscular
∙ Respiratory
∙ Reproductive
Cardiovascular correct answers ∙ composed of heart and vessels
∙ brings blood throughout the body
∙ brings nutrients from small intestine to the liver, to the bloodstream, and out to the cells
∙ brings waste back to other organs
Lymphatic correct answers ∙ helps with some absorption of select lipid-soluble molecules