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Nutrients in Bone Health Part 1 Flashcards

1
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What is the thick, fibrous vascular membrane that covers bone surface?

A

Periosteum

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2
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What bone is the strong, dense outer layer of bone that provides structure and support?

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Cortical bone

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3
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What bone is strong but not so rigid due to lattice structure?

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Trabecular bone

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4
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What percentage of the adult bone is the cortical bone?

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80%

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5
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What percentage of the adult bone is the trabecular bone?

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20%

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6
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What is a spongy tissue that contains stem cells?

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Bone marrow

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7
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What are cells that can produce bone, cartilage and fat called?

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Stromal

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8
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What is a dynamic tissue?

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Bone

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9
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What is the continuous process of bone degradation and synthesis?

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Bone remodeling

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10
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What are the 3 bone cell types?

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  1. Osteoblast
  2. Osteoclast
  3. Osteocyte
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11
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Which bone cell type builds bones?

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Osteoblast

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12
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Which bone cell type breakdown bones?

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Osteoclast

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13
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Which bone cell type is a mature bone cell housed in bone matrix?

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Osteocyte

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14
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What are the 3 lifestyle factors that improve bone health?

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  1. Weight-bearing physical activity
  2. Adequate intake of vitamins and minerals
  3. Adequate UV exposure
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15
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Why are weight-bearing activities important for bone health?

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It increases bone density

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16
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What are the 4 lifestyle factors that hurt bone health?

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  1. Smoking and alcohol consumption
  2. Certain medications
  3. Excessive phosphorus intake
  4. Excessive grain intake
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17
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What lifestyle factors increase the need for vitamin D?

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Smoking and alcohol consumption

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18
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What 2 lifestyle factors increase magnesium excretion?

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  1. Alcohol consumption

2. Cancer and diuretic medications

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19
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How do thyroid hormone, cortisol and diuretics medications effect calcium levels?

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They increase calcium excretion

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20
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What 2 lifestyle factors inhabit calcium absorption?

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  1. Excessive phosphorus intake

2. Excess grain intake

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21
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How does excessive grain and phosphorus intake effect calcium levels?

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They inhabits calcium absorption

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22
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What 3 major minerals are important in bone health?

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Calcium, magnesium and phosphorus

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23
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Where is 99% of calcium in the body found?

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Bones and teeth

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24
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What percentage of calcium is found in the bones and teeth?

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99%

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25
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What regulates blood calcium levels?

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Vitamin D

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26
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What 6 factors decrease calcium absorption from food in the gut?

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  1. Phytic acids and fiber (grains)
  2. Plants like spinach
  3. Excess Phosphorus, Magnesium and Sodium
  4. Tannins in tea and legumes
  5. Vitamin D deficiency
  6. Diarrhea
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27
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What 4 factors increase calcium absorption from food in the gut?

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Low Calcium status, vitamin D, pregnancy and lactation, and lactose in the diet

28
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Bone growth, development, and maintenance require adequate intake of what?

29
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What are oxalates?

A

Plants like spinach

30
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What are the natural sources of calcium in the diet?

A

Dairy and bone-in fish

31
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What are the fortified sources of calcium in the diet?

A

Orange juice and soy milk

32
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Do most people get enough calcium?

33
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What are 5 consequences of too much calcium?

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An increased amount of kidney stones, irritability, headaches, kidney failure, and soft tissue hardening

34
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What are 3 problems with calcium supplements?

A
  1. It don’t prevent osteoporosis
  2. It can end up in places it shouldn’t without proper signaling
  3. Many fail quality testing
35
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Does calcium supplementation alone prevent bone loss?

36
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Which vitamin is required to guide calcium into the bones?

A

Vitamin K2

37
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Where can calcium end up if vitamin K2 is not present?

A

In the soft tissue of the blood vessels

38
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What is the most important vitamin for bone health?

39
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Why is vitamin d more accurately classified as a hormone than a vitamin?

A

It is made in the body

40
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How is vitamin D made in the body?

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It’s made from cholesterol in the skin due to sunlight exposure

41
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What is the precursor to vitamin D?

A

Cholesterol

42
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Where in the body is cholesterol converted to vitamin D?

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The kidney

43
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What triggers vitamin D production?

A

The skin being exposed to the sun

44
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Does sunlight cause cancer?

45
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What triggers parathyroid hormone (PTH) production?

A

Low blood calcium

46
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What stimulates production of active vitamin D in the kidney?

A

Parathyroid hormone (PTH)

47
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What increases intestinal absorption of Ca?

48
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What reduces Ca excretion by the kidney?

A

Vitamin D and PTH

49
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What increases bone release of Ca?

A

Vitamin D and PTH

50
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What happens when blood levels return to normal?

A

PTH is inhibited and Calcitonin is released

51
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What 4 things cause vitamin D deficiency?

A
  1. Inadequate sun exposure
  2. Poor dietary intake
  3. Poor absorption
  4. Altered metabolism
52
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What are the 2 results of vitamin D deficiency?

A

Rickets and Osteomalacia

53
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What are some dietary sources of vitamin D?

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Salmon (wild caught), canned salmon w/ bones, tuna, egg yolk, butter, liver

54
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What are the main reasons some people do not consume dairy?

A

Vegan diet or allergy/intolerance

55
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What are 2 of the ways to maintain bone health without dairy?

A
  1. Get enough sun exposure

2. Eat leafy greens

56
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What are 4 alternative milks?

A

Soy, rice, almond and coconut milk

57
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Are they nutritionally similar to milk?

58
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Why might raw dairy be more healthy than processed/pasteurized dairy?

A

Processed dairy has many beneficial nutrients removed and harmful ones added

59
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What are some of the health dangers associated with raw milk?

A

They have the potential for pathogenic exposure

60
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Which result of vitamin d deficiency is common in children?

61
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Which result of vitamin d deficiency is common in adults?

A

Osteomalacia

62
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Are milk alternatives actually milk?

63
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Do alternative milks provide the same vitamins and minerals as actual milk?

64
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What does the processing and pasteurization of dairy increase?

A

Intolerance

65
Q

Fill in the Blank: Large or Little

Clean milk coming from healthy cows have ____ risks

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