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The air you breath is roughly 80% Nitrogen. But your body can't use the nitrogen directly from the air, so that doesn't do you any good. There are certain bacteria that take nitrogen that gets into the soil the soil and make it into compounds that your body can use, so when you eat plants you can get the nitrogen your body needs. For more information, look up the "nitrogen cycle."
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 15y agoJust about everywhere: nitrogen is an element present in all amino acids, & amino acids join together in a chain called a protein molecule. Muscle is made of protein molecules, enzymes are protein molecules, messenger hormones (e.g. insulin) are protein molecules, & cell walls have protein receptor molecules in them.
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∙ 12y agoYou cannot receive the nitrogen your body needs by breathing it in. Bacteria in the soil converts nitrogen into something the roots of a plant can absorb. By eating the plant, your body is able to get nitrogen. Nitrogen is essential for life because it helps store genetic information.
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∙ 13y agoEverywhere. Its an essential part of proteins and nucleotide bases.
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Why does the human body use nitrogen?
Your body needs nitrogen to make proteins in your muscles, skin, blood, hair, nails and DNA.See the related link for more information.
What are the basic needs of all cells in the body?
The basic needs of all cells in the body is to have food, oxygen, have their wastes taken away and have the body conditions not change to much, or else they would not be able to do their functions.
How does nitrogen enter the human body?
A lot of comes from the air. The air you breathe is around 78 percent nitrogen, so nitrogen enters your body with every breath. Rhizobium bacteria is present in leguminous plants in their roots which extract nitrogen from the soil. These are generally present in dicot-seed plants. When you consume these plants, nitrogen enters your body. Another way that nitrogen enters the body is through eating meat. When animals eat plants, those plants have nitrate in them which contains nitrogen so the animals have nitrogen in them now. Then, humans eat the meat from the animals, adding some nitrogen to our bodies.
What gas do we inhale?
We normally inhale 'air' which is mostly nitrogen (approx. 78%), oxygen, (approx. 21%) a little argon and other trace gasses, the lungs extract the oxygen which the body needs and we exhale the rest with a little waste carbon dioxide which was removed from the body by the lungs.
The relationship of the amount of nitrogen retained in the body to the amount of nitrogen absorbed is called the?
Biological value
What is the important role of nitrogen in the human body?
The human body needs nitrogen for the proper digestion of food and growth. Nitrogen is extremely important in the development of the human fetus.
Nitrogen is used by living organisms to produce?
Nitrogen is consumed by different organisms in different ways. Legumes (a type of plant) are able to take nitrogen straight out of the atmosphere (which is roughly 78% nitrogen gas). Animals aren't able to do this so they must obtain their nitrogen by eating substances such as vegetables and meat. We break down proteins (largely from meat) down to their constituents which are amino acids. This is how we obtain our source of nitrogen (amino acids contain nitrogen atoms). We then use these amino acids to build proteins that we need in our body such as tissue, enzymes, antibodies and more.
Where does an athlete obtain the energy his body needs to run?
Food.
Why does the human body use nitrogen?
Your body needs nitrogen to make proteins in your muscles, skin, blood, hair, nails and DNA.See the related link for more information.
How does your body obtain the water it needs?
The foods and liquids that a person consumes gives the body it's moisture.
How much nitrogen in the body?
The human body is about 3% Nitrogen
What are the basic needs of all needs in the body?
The basic needs of all cells in the body is to have food, oxygen, have their wastes taken away and have the body conditions not change to much, or else they would not be able to do their functions.
When an organism dies the nitrogen in its body do what?
the nitrogen in its body is released by the action of decomposers
How does your body obtain oxygen?
Our body obtain oxygen to our body by breathing.
What can you infer from the fact that animals do not need nitrogen?
If you are told it is a fact that animals do not need nitrogen, you can infer that you are receiving incorrect information. All living things require nitrogen. However, animals are not able to obtain the nitrogen they need directly, but must get it from their food, and that comes ultimately from the plants that are able to absorb nitrogen from the soil.
Why do need to poop?
Hi!! We need to poop because poo consists of bodily waste that the body no longer needs. This waste contains nitrogen and if this waste is not released it builds up and can cause death because of the high levels of nitrogen in the body. Hope that answers your question!!
What is the substances that the body needs to regulate bodily functions promote growth repair body tissues and obtain energy?
Nutrition. Why ? I am yet to find out..nutrition
