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Nutrition Flashcards

1
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A 62-year-old woman who smokes a pack of cigarettes a day and whose food intake records reveal a mineral vitamin C food is most likely to be at risk for

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Easy bruising, and pinpoint hemorrhoids

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2
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A basic mechanism for maintaining body hydration

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Thirst

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3
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Is a deficiency of vitamin A may result in

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Blindness

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4
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A folic deficiency induces a form of anemia called

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Megaloblastic anemia

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5
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A food that enhances nonheme absorption is

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Orange juice

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6
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A patient who is experiencing severe diarrhea and vomiting

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Increased body water requirements

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7
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A person is most likely to have a high body water content if he/ she

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Bodybuilder

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8
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A potassium deficiency may

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Food poisoning

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9
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Vitamin D deficiency and growing children that result in malformation of a skeletal tissue

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Rickets

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10
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A vitamin that behaves more like a hormone than a

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Vitamin D

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11
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A young woman who is interested in becoming pregnant, should be canceled on healthy, eating choices, especially regarding folate rich food, which may help prevent

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Neural tube defects

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12
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And acid has a pH

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Lower than seven

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13
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An alcoholic is most likely to be deficient in

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Thiamin

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14
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An athlete who increases his or her intake of pasta will also increase his or her need for

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Thiamin

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15
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An example of cation is

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Sodium

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16
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An example of an electrolyte is

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Potassium

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17
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An important function of sodium is

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Water balance

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18
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An important function of vitamin A is to

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Help form rhodospin the eye

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19
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Caton primarily responsible for controlling body water distribution

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Sodium and potassium

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20
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Chloride is incorporated

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Gastric secretions

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21
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Fish liver oils are good sources

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Vitamin D

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22
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For a compound to be classified as a vitamin it must

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Perform a vital function

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23
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For osmosis to occur

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A semi permeable membrane

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24
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Functions of water in the body include

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Temperature control

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25
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Minerals are

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Elements

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26
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Most of the body’s sodium is found in

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Water outside the cells

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27
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Oral rehydration therapy is preferred over intravenous therapy for fluid replacement caused by diarrhea because it

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Is more readily available

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28
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Plasma protein and electrolytes are example of solutes

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Found in body fluids that influence the movement of water

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29
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Processed food supply a large percent of

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Sodium

30
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Recommended and takes for vitamin D are difficult to establish because

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Exposure this sunlight varies

31
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Spinach, carrots, and sweet potatoes are good sour

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Beta-carotene

32
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Sentences of active hormonal form of vitamin D is the result of combined action of

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Skin, liver, and kidney

33
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The vitamin predominantly found in food of animal origin is

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Cobalamin

34
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The disease associated with niacin deficiency

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Pellagra

35
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The electrolyte present in the most abundance and gastric digestive

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Chloride

36
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The factors most responsible for regulating calcium absorption from food

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Vitamin D hormone calcitonin in the parathyroid hormone

37
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The fat soluble vitamin responsible for the sentences of blood calling factors by the liver

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Vitamin K

38
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The function of all the complex vitamins is to

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Function as coenzymes

39
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A hormone responsible for promoting conservation of sodium in the kidneys is

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Aldosterone

40
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The hormone that conserves body water is

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Anti-diuretic hormone

41
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The kidneys, clean the blood by

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Filtration 

42
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The kidneys must excrete water in the urine because 

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Water provides the vehicle for excretion of waste products

43
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The last organ involved in the production of psychologically active form of vitamin D is the

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Kidney 

44
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The main dietary source of iodine

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Iodized table salt

45
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The main function of fluoride is

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Prevent dental cavities

46
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The major mineral in water inside a cell is

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Potassium

47
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The organic molecule responsible for creating colloidal osmotic pressure is

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Protein

48
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The person most arrested for developing osteoporosis is

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A 35-year-old woman who has sustained multiple trauma and is bedridden

49
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The person most at risk for vitamin D deficiency is a

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52-year-old woman who lives in a cold climate and rarely goes outdoors

50
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The primary function of vitamin D is to regulate the absorption in metabolism of minerals

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Calcium and phosphorus

51
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The term extracellular fluid includes

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Plasma and tissue secretions

52
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The three body systems that can be affected by a thiamin deficiency are

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Nervous cardiovascular and gastrointestinal system

53
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The two minerals that and extra cellular fluid and regulate water balances are 

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Sodium and chloride 

54
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The two minerals that occur in the water outside sales and regulate water balances are

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Sodium and chloride

55
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The vitamin most closely associated with protein metabolism is

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Pyridoxine

56
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The vitamin that is destroyed by light is

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Riboflavin

57
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The ways in which water and solids move across membranes include

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Diffusion and filtration

58
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There is a metabolic partnership between vitamin E and

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Selenium

59
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Trace and call trace from elements because they

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Found a small quantities in the body

60
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Treatment for diarrhea and children is

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Give an age-appropriate diet along with or fluid that contains sodium potassium, sugar, and sodium bicarbonate 

61
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Two foods that are commonly forfeited with vitamin D are

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Milk & margarine

62
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Vitamin C deficiency is associated with

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Scurvy

63
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Vitamin E protects membrane because it acts as

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An antioxidant

64
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Water formed from metabolism comes from

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The oxidation of nutrients in the cell

65
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Water retention would be the result of which of the following hormones

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The anti-diuretic hormone

66
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What is an example of a substance that can pass through a capillary membrane

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Glucose

67
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What is the most important source of riboflavin in the United States?

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Milk 

68
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What is the predominant regulation of circulation blood volume?

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Plasma proteins

69
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Which of the following diets can help ensure adequate and balanced vitamin intake?

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A very diet composed of all groups eaten in moderate portions

70
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Which of the following foods would be most important to assist with thyroxine synthesis? 

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Iodized table salt

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