Nutrition and Diet

Question 1

Transference of nutrients of food in the intestine through the mucous membrane of the intestinal wall

Answer 1

Absorption

Question 2

Increase of acidity in blood due to an accumulation of acids as in diabetes mellitus (pH low and blue)

Answer 2

Acidosis

Question 3

Living only in the presence of oxygen

Answer 3

Aerobic

Question 4

Increase of alkalinity of the blood (pH high and pink)

Answer 4

Alkalosis

Question 5

The substance causing allergy (IgE)

Answer 5

Allergen

Question 6

A cell that triggers an allergy

Answer 6

Histamine

Question 7

Medicines that treat allergy and blocks the effects of histamine

Answer 7

Antihistamine

Question 8

Living in the absence of oxygen

Answer 8

Anaerobic

Question 9

Reduction of red blood cells in circulating blood causing reduced oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood.

Answer 9

Anemia

Question 10

Lack of feeling and emotion

Answer 10

Apathy

Question 11

Sudden, severe constriction of chest artery

Answer 11

Angina Pectoris

Question 12

Measurement of all parts of the body

Answer 12

Anthropometry

Question 13

Produced by microorganisms and destroy other microorganisms

Answer 13

Antibiotic

Question 14

Introduced within the body and induces the formation of antibody that specifically reacts with it

Answer 14

Antigen

Question 15

Hardening of arterial walls with mass resulting in narrowness

Answer 15

Atherosclerosis

Question 16

Substance present in the blood serum produced in response to a reaction with a specific antigen

Answer 16

Antibody

Question 17

Inhibits oxidation agent

Answer 17

Antioxidant

Question 18

Preventing sepsis and growth of causative organisms but do not kill them

Answer 18

Antiseptic

Question 19

Thickening or hardening the walls of the arteries with loss of elasticity

Answer 19

Arteriosclerosis

Question 20

Mass found in the intima (inner wall) of big arteries due to fatty degenerations

Answer 20

Atheroma

Question 21

Serious fluid in abdominal cavity (irreversible) accumulation

Answer 21

Ascites

Question 22

Agent checking the hemorrhage by constricting the blood vessels

Answer 22

Astringent

Question 23

Sterilization of materials by steam under pressure at 250 degrees F or 121 degrees Celsius apparatus

Answer 23

Autoclave

Question 24

Disintegration of cells/ tissues by the enzymes present in cells after death; destruction of cell of body by its own serum

Answer 24

Autolysis

Question 25

Substance that combine with acid to form salt

Answer 25

Base

Question 26

Glycolic and tyrocolic acids present in bile are important for the digestion of fat in intestine

Answer 26

Bile Acids

Question 27

Estimating obesity

Answer 27

BMI or Quartelet’s Index

Question 28

Arterial occlusion due to inflammation of the inner coat of the artery with clot formation in the leg

Answer 28

Buerger’s Disease or Thrombongitis Obliterans

Question 29

Substance that acidity/ alkalinity is not changed upon adding small amount of alkali or acid

Answer 29

Buffer

Question 30

Organic tissue becomes hardened by the deposition of calcium salts in it

Answer 30

Calcification

Question 31

Measures amount of heat produced in chemical reaction

Answer 31

Calorimeter

Question 32

Blood vessels connecting the arterioles and venules; exchange of materials between blood tissues

Answer 32

Capillary

Question 33

Over calcium in body

Answer 33

Calcistone

Question 34

Person who harbors disease producing organisms in body

Answer 34

Carrier

Question 35

Substance minute quantity increases the speed of the chemical reaction itself

Answer 35

Catalyst

Question 36

Ion carries a positive charge

Answer 36

Cation

Question 37

Process of clotting

Answer 37

Coagulation

Question 38

Enzyme activator activate a biochemical change

Answer 38

Coenzyme

Question 39

A factor with which another factor must unite to function properly

Answer 39

Cofactor

Question 40

Mucous membrane covering the eyeball and lining of eyelids

Answer 40

Conjunctiva

Question 41

Difficulty in defecation of hard and dry stools

Answer 41

Constipation

Question 42

White part of the eye; transparent anterior portion of fibrous outer layer of eyeball

Answer 42

Cornea

Question 43

1 cup

Answer 43

150 ml

Question 44

Mental development with dystrophy of bones and soft tissues

Answer 44

Cretinism

Question 45

Malfunction of genetic and lowered basal metabolism; older baby-faced and bow-legged

Answer 45

Cretinism

Question 46

Amino Acids are extra of the needs of the body and are decomposed into nitrogenous

Answer 46

Deamination

Question 47

Deterioration of mental faculties due to some organic disease of the brain, with a reduction of intellectual function

Answer 47

Dementia

Question 48

Change in the usual nature of substances by adding acetone to alcohol to make it unfit for drinking

Answer 48

Denaturation

Question 49

Removal of flavor/ odor of fats during refining

Answer 49

Deodourization

Question 50

Inflammation of skin

Answer 50

Dermatitis

Question 51

Saturated organic is converted into unsaturated one

Answer 51

Desaturation

Question 52

Treatment of allergy with repeated graded doses of allergen (orally or injection)

Answer 52

Desensitization

Question 53

Frequent passage of loose or watery motion and vomiting

Answer 53

Diarrhea

Question 54

Substances move from high to low concentration

Answer 54

Diffusion

Question 55

Greasy, excessive secretion of the sebaceous gland on the middle portion of the face (newborn is normal)

Answer 55

Dyssebacea

Question 56

Swelling resulting from excessive fluid in intercellular spaces of the body

Answer 56

Edema