Chapter 5

Question 1

What are the two groups of vitamins?

Answer 1

Fat-soluble and water-soluble

Question 2

Where are excess fat-soluble vitamins stored?

Answer 2

Liver

Question 3

How are water-soluble vitamins excreted?

Answer 3

Through urine

Question 4

What are the 3 compounds of vitamin A?

Answer 4

Retinol, retinal, and retinoic acid

Question 5

What two things combine to make “vision purple”/rhodopsin in rods of the retina?

Answer 5

Retinal and opsin (protein)

Question 6

What are 4 functions of vitamin A?

Answer 6

Vision, bone growth, repro, epithelial tissue

Question 7

What substance is changed to active vitamin A in the intestinal mucosa?

Answer 7

Carotenoids

Question 8

Which vitamin is important in ruminants?

Answer 8

Vitamin D2

Question 9

Which vitamin is important in omnivores and carnivores?

Answer 9

Vitamin D3

Question 10

What 3 things are found in vitamin E?

Answer 10

Tocopherols, tocotrienols, and alpha-tocopherol

Question 11

Vitamin K1 is found where?

Answer 11

green plants

Question 12

Vitamin K2 is found where?

Answer 12

Bacteria in large intestine

Question 13

What vitamin is synthetic?

Answer 13

Vitamin K3

Question 14

Vitamin B1 =

Answer 14

Thiamin

Question 15

Vitamin B2 =

Answer 15

Riboflavin

Question 16

Vitamin B3 =

Answer 16

Niacin

Question 17

Vitamin B4 =

Answer 17

Choline

Question 18

Vitamin B5 =

Answer 18

Pantothenic acid

Question 19

Vitamin B6 =

Answer 19

Pyridoxine

Question 20

Vitamin B7 =

Answer 20

Biotin

Question 21

Vitamin B9 =

Answer 21

Folic Acid

Question 22

Vitamin B12 =

Answer 22

Cobalamin

Question 23

Vitamin B3 can be synthesized from what?

Answer 23

Tryptophan

Question 24

What vitamin contains the mineral cobalt?

Answer 24

Vitamin B12 / Cobalamin

Question 25

Absorption of vitamin B12 is facilitated by what?

Answer 25

Intrinsic factors

Question 26

Vitamin C deficiency in humans, primates, and guinea pigs is known as what?

Answer 26

Scurvy