Digestion Quiz 3 : Hormones, Disease and nutrition
Topic | |
Mouth to stomach | 1. So what disease is linked to poor dental care and inflammation of gums. |
2. What is the effect of large populations of Helico pylori in the stomach | |
Hormones | 1. What are the four hormones of the digestive system |
2. What influences the secretion of these hormones. | |
3. An inflamed gall bladder would cause pain, which hormone would trigger this? | |
Disease | 1. There are a variety of intestinal disorders, are hemorrhoids one of them? |
2. Failure of the pancreas to produce insulin with cause which disease? | |
3. Failure of the pancreas to produce sodium bicarbonate with cause what symptoms? | |
4. If the large intestine becomes irritated and peristalsis increases, what symptom would occer? | |
5. How are hepatitis A and B controlled by public health measures? | |
6. What causes jaundice and what are the symptoms | |
7. Anemia is a symptom for which food deficiencies? | |
8. What causes anorexia nervosa? What are the symptoms? | |
9. Can the well being of bones and the heart be affected by having to many or two few nutrients? What are they? | |
Diet | 1. Considering the USDA recommended diet, what are some things that should be in a well rounded diet. |
2. What are some know facts about LDL and HDL lipids and cholesterol build up? | |
3. What is the role of antioxidants and where can they be found? | |
4. Eating probiotics increase the population of bacteria in the large intestines. What can these bacteria provide through their metabolism? | |
5. What are four diseases that can be due to deficient or excess diets? | |
6. Too much protein can lead to what symptoms? | |
7. What excess in nutrients can lead to dehydration? | |
8. What causes appendicitis and which organ is responsible for this disease? | |
9. What causes lactose intolerance and what are the symptoms? | |
10. Why are simple sugars called empty calories? | |
11. Why are some amino acids called “essential amino acids”? | |
12. Can a low saturated fat and low cholesterol diet lower blood cholesterol and LDL levels | |
13. What is the role of dietary fibre? | |
14. Does a high level of saturated fats reduce levels of LDL to cholesterol in the blood? | |
15. Is obesity a disease or a disorder? | |
16. What is the order of fat digestion from the lumen of intestine to the blood stream? How would this be influenced do to removal of gall bladder. |