Lecture 10: Fat-Soluble Vitamins

Question 1

Vitamin deficiency associated with night blindness, xerophthalmia and keratinization

Answer 1

Vit. A

Question 2

Reversible vitamin deficiency

Answer 2

night blindness

Question 3

Vit. A functions

Answer 3

Vision, cornea health, epithelial tissue cell

Question 4

vitamin deficiency from low-fat or low-protein diets

Answer 4

Vit. A

Question 5

Vitamin in retinol

Answer 5

Vit. A

Question 6

vitamin deficiency responsible for rickets

Answer 6

Vit. D

Question 7

Sunlight vitamin

Answer 7

Vit. D

Question 8

Vitamin deficiency associated with broken red blood cells and nerve damage

Answer 8

Vit. E

Question 9

Vitamin toxicity that causes inhibition of Vitamin K

Answer 9

Vit. E

Question 10

Vitamin toxicity that causes calcium deposits in soft tissues

Answer 10

Vit. D

Question 11

Vitamin toxicity that may cause birth defects

Answer 11

Vit. A

Question 12

Vitamin responsible for synthesis of blood-clotting proteins and proteins in bone

Answer 12

Vit. K

Question 13

Vitamin toxicity associated with brain damage

Answer 13

Vit. K

Question 14

Vit. A source

Answer 14

animals

Question 15

Vitamin A also known as

Answer 15

Retinoids

Question 16

Provitamin A (Carotenoids) source

Answer 16

plants, beta-carotene (converted into retinoids in the body)

Question 17

Keratinization

Answer 17

hardening of the lining of the eye caused by Vit. A deficiency

Question 18

Organs responsible for modifying vit. D

Answer 18

Liver and kidney

Question 19

Vit. A function and deficiency

Answer 19

-vision, cornea health and other epithelial tissues
-xerophthalmia, night blindness

Question 20

Vit. E function and deficiency

Answer 20

-antioxidant, protects cell membrane
-broken red blood cells, nerve damage

Question 21

Vit. K function and at risk group

Answer 21

-synthesis of blood-clotting proteins and proteins in bone
-premature new borns, antibiotic users