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When cells are given nutrients, they metabolize them, and grow and divide to create more cells. If they are not given nutrients, they die.
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What happens when oxygen and nutrients get to your cells?
your cells get ENERGY
What happens when blood passes cells?
Oxygen and other nutrients diffuse out of blood by osmosis, and blood takes up carbon dioxide and other waste products given off by cells.
What happens if cells become to confluent?
They do not have enough space or access to nutrients and can die.
What happens when nutrients and oxygen combine inside your cell?
Oxidation of nutrients takes place to release energy in our cells. This is called respiration.
What absorbtion is used for in digestive system?
Absorption allows the nutrients that were produced during digestion to get "sucked up" and passed to the cells. Remember, we are just a bunch of cells and we must keep them alive. So, the nutrients are absorbed, given to the cells (via the circulatory system), and then they can use the nutrients to survive.
What happens to the blastocyst cells that do not become a human body?
They make up the placenta that provides the blastocyst with nutrients.
What two things happens to food in the stomach?
It's digested, and has the water and nutrients taken out of it for use in the cells.
What happens after the cells obtain the nutrients?
Think of nutrients as fuel and building materials. They are necessary for a process called metabolism, which means building up and tearing down.
What nutrients build cells and tissue?
What nutrients build cells and tissue?
What happens to the nutrients of the tree branch if it is dead?
When a plant dies, that nutrition is locked up within the plant's cells
How nutrients are used by cells?
Nutrients are used by the body's cells as a source of energy
Do all cells assimilate nutrients?
The assimilation of nutrients refers to how cells use energy. Not all cells assimilate nutrients because some are not active.
