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Flashcards by poppysullivan0, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by poppysullivan0
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| Question | Answer |
| What are Carbohydrates for? | Energy |
| What are Fats for? | Energy and Insulation |
| What is protein for? | Growth, Cell repair and cell replacement |
| What is Fibre for? | To keep everything moving smoothly (POO!) |
| What do vitamins and mineral ions do? | Keep the skin, bones etc. healthy |
| What is the name for the speed at which chemical reactions inside the body happen? | Metabolic Rate |
| What is a Pathogen? | A microorganism that enters the body and causes disease |
| What are the two main types of bacteria? | Bacteria and Viruses |
| Bacteria | Small living cells Produce rapidly Make you puke by damaging cells |
| Viruses | They ARE NOT CELLS They replicate themselves ;( by invading your cells and using their machinery to make copies of themselves |
| What stops nasties getting into your body? | Skin, Hair and Mucus |
| What also stops microorganisms from getting in through cuts/ wounds? | Plateletes in your blood (small fragments of red blood cells) help by clotting |
| What do white blood cells do? | They engulf foreign cells or produce antibodies or produce antitoxins |
| How did Semmelweis cut deaths? | By using ANTISCEPTICS |
| What happens when bacteria becomes resistant to antibiotics? | MUTATIONS of pathogens produce new strains/reproduce population increases and BAM! |
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