Lesson 8

Question 1

Essential, non-caloric, organic nutrients needed in tiny amounts in the diet

Answer 1

Vitamins

Question 2

This vitamin deficiency can cause blindness

Answer 2

Vitamin A

Question 3

Lack of this vitamin can retard bone growth

Answer 3

Vitamin D

Question 4

The amount of vitamins peope ingest is measured by

Answer 4

Micrograms or milligrams

Question 5

Some vitamins are availble from foods inactive forms known as

Answer 5

Precursors or provitamins

Question 6

Two classes of vitamins

Answer 6

Water soluble vitamins
Fat soluble vitamins

Question 7

Vitamins that dissolve or disperse in water

Answer 7

Water soluble vitamins

Question 8

Vitamins that dissolve in fatty tissues or substances

Answer 8

Fat-soluble vitamins

Question 9

What are the water soluble vitamins

Answer 9

Vitamin B and C

Question 10

What are the fat soluble vitamins

Answer 10

Vitamins A D E K

Question 11

This vitamins usually occur in fats and oils

Answer 11

Fat soluble vitamins

Question 12

Fat soluble vitamins are stored in ______ and _____

Answer 12

Liver and fatty tissues

Question 13

First fat soluble that is determined

Answer 13

Vitamin A

Question 14

Three different forms of Vitamin A

Answer 14

Retinol
Retinal
Retinoic acid

Question 15

Supports reproduction and major transport and storage form of the Vit A

Answer 15

Retinol

Question 16

Form of Vit A that is active in vision

Answer 16

Retinal

Question 17

Vitamin A that acts as a hormone, regulating cell differentiation, growth, and embryonic development

Answer 17

Retinoic Acid

Question 18

The vitamin that the body can synthesize in significant qualities with the help of sunlight

Answer 18

Vitamin D

Question 19

It is not an essential vitamin / nutrient

Answer 19

Vitamin D

Question 20

Vitamin D that derives primarily from plant foods in the diet

Answer 20

Vitamin D2

Question 21

Vitamin D that derives from animal foods in the diet

Answer 21

Vitamin D3

Question 22

Where is the storage of vitamin k

Answer 22

Liver

Question 23

A compound in vegetable oils necessary for reproduction in rats

Answer 23

Tocopherol

Question 24

Tocopherol means ?

Answer 24

Offspring

Question 25

Another name for vitamin e

Answer 25

Tocopherol

Question 26

Four tocopherol compounds

Answer 26

Alpha
Beta
Gamma
Delta

Question 27

It is know for its role in blood clotting

Answer 27

Vitamin k

Question 28

Vitamin K gets its name from Danish word _____?

Answer 28

Koagulation (clotting)

Question 29

Another term for Vitamin D

Answer 29

Ergocalciferol

Question 30

Another term for Vitamin K

Answer 30

Menadione

Question 31

Vitamins that are found in the watery compartment of foods

Answer 31

Water soluble vitamins

Question 32

What did the British found that could cure scurvy

Answer 32

Citrus fruits

Question 33

The british sailors were called

Answer 33

Limey

Question 34

The scurvy factor in citrus fruits was isolated from lemon juice and name _________

Answer 34

Ascorbic acid

Question 35

Another term for Vitamin C

Answer 35

Ascorbic Acid

Question 36

A disease resulting from lack of Vitamin C

Answer 36

Scurvy

Question 37

Enumerate the Vitamin B complex

Answer 37

B1 - thiamine
B2 -riboflavin
B3 - niacin
B4 - choline
B5 - pantothenic acid
B6 - pyridoxine
B7 - biotin
B9 - folic acid / folate
B12 - cyanocobalamine

Question 38

A thiamine deficiency

Answer 38

Beriberi

Question 39

Pellagra is a vitamin deficiency of

Answer 39

Vitamin B3 / Niacin

Question 40

What vitamin: for synthesis of acetylcholine and lecitihin

Answer 40

Vitamin b4