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What is Iron's function? |
Needed to make hemoglobin in the red blood cells, which carries oxygen. |
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What is a good source of Iron? |
Red meat, green leafy vegetables |
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What is causes by a deficiency of iron? |
Anaemia |
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What is the function of Calcium? |
Strong bones & teeth |
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What is a good source of Calcium? |
Milk, Cheese & Fish |
M, C, F |
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What is caused by a deficiency of Calcium? |
Rickets, soft deformed bones |
Rhymes with Crickets. |
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Vitamin C |
Healthy ephilia, citrus fruits & green vegetables, scurvy (bleeding in parts of the body e.g gums) |
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Vitamin D |
Absorption of Calcium, fish oil (made by skin using sunlight), rickets, soft deformed bones |
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What is the role of the Digestive System? |
Breaks down large, insoluble food molecules of food into small, soluble molecules. These small molecules can be absorbed into the blood where they can be transported around the body |
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Mechanical Digestion |
Physical action of food break down in smaller pieces, mouth and teeth chew, grind, cut food. Stomach churns up. Increases surface are for chemical digestion. Chewing makes easier to swallow. |
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Chemical Digestion |
Action of Enzymes on specific molecules, hydrolysing into smaller soluble molecules |
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Peristalsis |
Process by which the food move along gut, which contains circular and longitudinal muscles which are antagonistic on wall. |
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Roles of organs of digestion |
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Roles of organs of digestion |
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Summary of Enzymes |
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Diffusion |
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Diffusion |
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Diffusion |
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Calorimeter |
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Osmosis |
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Active transport |
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Energy requirement of cells |
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