Nutrition/Enteral Feeding Flashcards
A general state of ill health involving marked weight loss and muscle loss:
Cachexia
AKA: Wasting syndrome.
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Carbohydrate
Inflammation and small cracks in one or both corners of the mouth:
Cheilosis
Caused by Candida
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Complete protein
“Tube feeding,” nutrition delivered via tube into stomach or the small intestine:
Enteral nutrition
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Essential amino acids:
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Gingivitis
Inflammation of the tongue:
Glossitis
Plant foods. They are low or lacking amino acids we need for cell growth, referred to as:
Incomplete protein
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Lipid (fat)
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Minerals
The intake of nitrogen into the body is greater than the loss of nitrogen from the body, so there is an increase in the total body pool of protein:
Negative nitrogen balance
Associated with burns, serious tissue injuries, fevers, hyperthyroidism, wasting diseases and during periods of fasting.
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Nonessential amino acids
BMI greater than 30:
Obesity
BMI between 25 and 30.
Overweight (preobesity)
Nutritional given intravenously:
Parenteral nutrition
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Protein
Any inflammatory condition of the mouth:
Stomatitis
May be infection from bacteria, viruses, or fungi.
May be from exposure to certain chemicals or drugs;
May be from vitamin deficiency;
May be from a systemic inflammatory disease.
A body mass index of less than 18.5:
Underweight
Less than normal body weight after adjustment for height, body build, and age.
An organic compound essential in small quantities for normal physiologic and metabolic functioning of the body:
Vitamins
The aggregate of all chemical processes that take place in living organisms, resulting in growth, generation of energy, elimination of wastes, and other body functions as they relate to the distribution of nutrients in the blood after digestion:
Metabolism
The constructive phase of metabolism characterized by the conversion of simple substances into the more complex compounds of living matter:
Anabolism
A metabolic process in which complex substances are broken down by living cells into simple compounds:
Catabolism
