4.4. Dietary Nutrients and Absorption - Vitamins

Question 1

What are the Fat Soluble Vitamins?

Answer 1

1. Vitamin A
2. Vitamin D
3. Vitamin E
4. Vitamin K

Question 2

What are the Water Soluble Vitamins?

Answer 2

1. Vitamin B
2. Vitamin C
3. Folic Acid

Question 3

What Pathway do the Fat-Soluble Vitamins take to enter into the Blood?

Answer 3

The Same Pathway as Fat

Question 4

What are 2 ways Water Soluble Proteins absorbed?

Answer 4

1. Passive Diffusion

2. Carrier Mediated Transport

Question 5

What is Vitamin B12

Answer 5

It is a large, Water Soluble Vitamin

Question 6

Is Vitamin B12 a Polar, or Non-Polar Molecule?

Answer 6

Polar - It is Charged

Question 7

What is needed to allow Vitamin B12 to be Absorbed?

Answer 7

Intrinsic Factor

Question 8

Where is Intrinsic Factor Produced?

Answer 8

The Parietal Cells of the Stomach

Question 9

What is formed as Intrinsic Factor Meets Vitamin B12?

Answer 9

A Vitamin B12 - Intrinsic Factor Complex

Question 10

Where is the Vitamin B12 - Intrinsic Factor Complex absorbed?

Answer 10

The Distal Ileum

Question 11

What can a deficiency in Vitamin B12 lead to?

Answer 11

Pernicius Anaemia

Question 12

What is Pernicius Anaemia?

Answer 12

A Failure of Red Blood Cells Maturation