Nutrition Flashcards

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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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A basic mechanism for maintaining body hydration

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Thirst

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Is a deficiency of vitamin A may result in

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Blindness

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A folic deficiency induces a form of anemia called

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Megaloblastic anemia

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A food that enhances nonheme absorption is

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Orange juice

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

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Bodybuilder

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A potassium deficiency may

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Food poisoning

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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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A vitamin that behaves more like a hormone than a

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Vitamin D

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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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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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Minerals are
Elements
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Most of the body’s sodium is found in
Water outside the cells
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Oral rehydration therapy is preferred over intravenous therapy for fluid replacement caused by diarrhea because it
Is more readily available
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Plasma protein and electrolytes are example of solutes
Found in body fluids that influence the movement of water
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Processed food supply a large percent of
Sodium
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Recommended and takes for vitamin D are difficult to establish because
Exposure this sunlight varies
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Spinach, carrots, and sweet potatoes are good sour
Beta-carotene
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Sentences of active hormonal form of vitamin D is the result of combined action of
Skin, liver, and kidney
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The vitamin predominantly found in food of animal origin is
Cobalamin
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The disease associated with niacin deficiency
Pellagra
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The electrolyte present in the most abundance and gastric digestive
Chloride
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The factors most responsible for regulating calcium absorption from food
Vitamin D hormone calcitonin in the parathyroid hormone
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The fat soluble vitamin responsible for the sentences of blood calling factors by the liver
Vitamin K
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The function of all the complex vitamins is to
Function as coenzymes
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A hormone responsible for promoting conservation of sodium in the kidneys is
Aldosterone
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The hormone that conserves body water is
Anti-diuretic hormone
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The kidneys, clean the blood by
Filtration 
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The kidneys must excrete water in the urine because 
Water provides the vehicle for excretion of waste products
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The last organ involved in the production of psychologically active form of vitamin D is the
Kidney 
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The main dietary source of iodine
Iodized table salt
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The main function of fluoride is
Prevent dental cavities
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The major mineral in water inside a cell is
Potassium
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The organic molecule responsible for creating colloidal osmotic pressure is
Protein
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The person most arrested for developing osteoporosis is
A 35-year-old woman who has sustained multiple trauma and is bedridden
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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
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The primary function of vitamin D is to regulate the absorption in metabolism of minerals
Calcium and phosphorus
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The term extracellular fluid includes
Plasma and tissue secretions
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The three body systems that can be affected by a thiamin deficiency are
Nervous cardiovascular and gastrointestinal system
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The two minerals that and extra cellular fluid and regulate water balances are 
Sodium and chloride 
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The two minerals that occur in the water outside sales and regulate water balances are
Sodium and chloride
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The vitamin most closely associated with protein metabolism is
Pyridoxine
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The vitamin that is destroyed by light is
Riboflavin
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The ways in which water and solids move across membranes include
Diffusion and filtration
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There is a metabolic partnership between vitamin E and
Selenium
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Trace and call trace from elements because they
Found a small quantities in the body
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Treatment for diarrhea and children is
Give an age-appropriate diet along with or fluid that contains sodium potassium, sugar, and sodium bicarbonate 
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Two foods that are commonly forfeited with vitamin D are
Milk & margarine
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Vitamin C deficiency is associated with
Scurvy
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Vitamin E protects membrane because it acts as
An antioxidant
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Water formed from metabolism comes from
The oxidation of nutrients in the cell
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Water retention would be the result of which of the following hormones
The anti-diuretic hormone
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What is an example of a substance that can pass through a capillary membrane
Glucose
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What is the most important source of riboflavin in the United States?
Milk 
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What is the predominant regulation of circulation blood volume?
Plasma proteins
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Which of the following diets can help ensure adequate and balanced vitamin intake?
A very diet composed of all groups eaten in moderate portions
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Which of the following foods would be most important to assist with thyroxine synthesis? 
Iodized table salt