Nutrition Flashcards
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
Easy bruising, and pinpoint hemorrhoids
A basic mechanism for maintaining body hydration
Thirst
Is a deficiency of vitamin A may result in
Blindness
A folic deficiency induces a form of anemia called
Megaloblastic anemia
A food that enhances nonheme absorption is
Orange juice
A patient who is experiencing severe diarrhea and vomiting
Increased body water requirements
A person is most likely to have a high body water content if he/ she
Bodybuilder
A potassium deficiency may
Food poisoning
Vitamin D deficiency and growing children that result in malformation of a skeletal tissue
Rickets
A vitamin that behaves more like a hormone than a
Vitamin D
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
Neural tube defects
And acid has a pH
Lower than seven
An alcoholic is most likely to be deficient in
Thiamin
An athlete who increases his or her intake of pasta will also increase his or her need for
Thiamin
An example of cation is
Sodium
An example of an electrolyte is
Potassium
An important function of sodium is
Water balance
An important function of vitamin A is to
Help form rhodospin the eye
Caton primarily responsible for controlling body water distribution
Sodium and potassium
Chloride is incorporated
Gastric secretions
Fish liver oils are good sources
Vitamin D
For a compound to be classified as a vitamin it must
Perform a vital function
For osmosis to occur
A semi permeable membrane
Functions of water in the body include
Temperature control
Minerals are
Elements
Most of the body’s sodium is found in
Water outside the cells
Oral rehydration therapy is preferred over intravenous therapy for fluid replacement caused by diarrhea because it
Is more readily available
Plasma protein and electrolytes are example of solutes
Found in body fluids that influence the movement of water
Processed food supply a large percent of
Sodium
Recommended and takes for vitamin D are difficult to establish because
Exposure this sunlight varies
Spinach, carrots, and sweet potatoes are good sour
Beta-carotene
Sentences of active hormonal form of vitamin D is the result of combined action of
Skin, liver, and kidney
The vitamin predominantly found in food of animal origin is
Cobalamin
The disease associated with niacin deficiency
Pellagra
The electrolyte present in the most abundance and gastric digestive
Chloride
The factors most responsible for regulating calcium absorption from food
Vitamin D hormone calcitonin in the parathyroid hormone
The fat soluble vitamin responsible for the sentences of blood calling factors by the liver
Vitamin K
The function of all the complex vitamins is to
Function as coenzymes
A hormone responsible for promoting conservation of sodium in the kidneys is
Aldosterone
The hormone that conserves body water is
Anti-diuretic hormone
The kidneys, clean the blood by
Filtration 
The kidneys must excrete water in the urine because 
Water provides the vehicle for excretion of waste products
The last organ involved in the production of psychologically active form of vitamin D is the
Kidney 
The main dietary source of iodine
Iodized table salt
The main function of fluoride is
Prevent dental cavities
The major mineral in water inside a cell is
Potassium
The organic molecule responsible for creating colloidal osmotic pressure is
Protein
The person most arrested for developing osteoporosis is
A 35-year-old woman who has sustained multiple trauma and is bedridden
The person most at risk for vitamin D deficiency is a
52-year-old woman who lives in a cold climate and rarely goes outdoors
The primary function of vitamin D is to regulate the absorption in metabolism of minerals
Calcium and phosphorus
The term extracellular fluid includes
Plasma and tissue secretions
The three body systems that can be affected by a thiamin deficiency are
Nervous cardiovascular and gastrointestinal system
The two minerals that and extra cellular fluid and regulate water balances are 
Sodium and chloride 
The two minerals that occur in the water outside sales and regulate water balances are
Sodium and chloride
The vitamin most closely associated with protein metabolism is
Pyridoxine
The vitamin that is destroyed by light is
Riboflavin
The ways in which water and solids move across membranes include
Diffusion and filtration
There is a metabolic partnership between vitamin E and
Selenium
Trace and call trace from elements because they
Found a small quantities in the body
Treatment for diarrhea and children is
Give an age-appropriate diet along with or fluid that contains sodium potassium, sugar, and sodium bicarbonate 
Two foods that are commonly forfeited with vitamin D are
Milk & margarine
Vitamin C deficiency is associated with
Scurvy
Vitamin E protects membrane because it acts as
An antioxidant
Water formed from metabolism comes from
The oxidation of nutrients in the cell
Water retention would be the result of which of the following hormones
The anti-diuretic hormone
What is an example of a substance that can pass through a capillary membrane
Glucose
What is the most important source of riboflavin in the United States?
Milk 
What is the predominant regulation of circulation blood volume?
Plasma proteins
Which of the following diets can help ensure adequate and balanced vitamin intake?
A very diet composed of all groups eaten in moderate portions
Which of the following foods would be most important to assist with thyroxine synthesis? 
Iodized table salt
