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How does calcium enter your body?

You ingest calcium in the food you eat and the milk you drink.


What are two broad classes of contaminants?

Anthropogenic contaminants and Naturally occurring contaminants, including arsenic, uranium, radon, and radium


Where does the body get food?

It depends on the body type, and the genetics. In the human body, we get our food in commercial supermarkets. If er were living in the tropics; then we could fish for our sustenance, We get food into our bodies by the foods we ingest, or eat and drink.


How do you produce energy?

You ingest the food that you eat and the vitamins that you swallow. Your stomach turns it into human energy and then it goes to all of your body parts by veins.


How can white blood cells fight infections once microorganisms get into the body?

Phagocytes surround and then physically ingest the microorganisms. Lymphocytes produce antibodies to kill the microorganisms.

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Can a human body safly ingest metal shavings?

No


How you reduce nicotine form body?

Your body will expel any you have. Do not ingest any more


What happens if you ingest liquid glycerin?

It is not poisonous, but it is not edible either. It is not metabolized by the body. If you didn't ingest a large amount, you should be fine.


What is he process whereby cells ingest and destroy bacteria within the body called?

Phagocytosis is the process by which cells ingest and destroy bacteria in the body. This process makes up part of the immune function.


What body part ingests microbes?

Well actually, not a body part but the White Blood Cells in the body ingest microbes by the process called phagocytosis. More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phagocytosis Also, lysosome which is found inside a cell has the ability to ingest microbes.


What is the process whereby cells ingest and destroy bacteria within the body is?

lymphatic system


What are the 5 ways poison can enter your body?

absorb, inject, inhale, ingest, splash


What does a breathalyzer examine in your body?

Specific contaminants or poisons in exhaled breath. Most often alcohol.


What is a compound you need to live but your body cannot make?

Your body doesn't make B-12. You have to ingest food with B-12 in it so your body can receive it.


What are substances called that are foreign to the body?

Foreign substances would suffice as well as contaminants, toxins, etc.


How does calcium enter your body?

You ingest calcium in the food you eat and the milk you drink.


Can the human body make all of its own amino acids?

No. There are seven essential amino acids the body can not synthesize and must ingest from the food intake.