Nutrition/Enteral Feeding

Question 1

A general state of ill health involving marked weight loss and muscle loss:

Answer 1

Cachexia

AKA: Wasting syndrome.

Question 2

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Answer 2

Carbohydrate

Question 3

Inflammation and small cracks in one or both corners of the mouth:

Answer 3

Cheilosis

Caused by Candida

Question 4

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Answer 4

Complete protein

Question 5

“Tube feeding,” nutrition delivered via tube into stomach or the small intestine:

Answer 5

Enteral nutrition

Question 6

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Answer 6

Essential amino acids:

Question 7

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Answer 7

Gingivitis

Question 8

Inflammation of the tongue:

Answer 8

Glossitis

Question 9

Plant foods. They are low or lacking amino acids we need for cell growth, referred to as:

Answer 9

Incomplete protein

Question 10

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Answer 10

Lipid (fat)

Question 11

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Answer 11

Minerals

Question 12

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:

Answer 12

Negative nitrogen balance

Associated with burns, serious tissue injuries, fevers, hyperthyroidism, wasting diseases and during periods of fasting.

Question 13

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Answer 13

Nonessential amino acids

Question 14

BMI greater than 30:

Answer 14

Obesity

Question 15

BMI between 25 and 30.

Answer 15

Overweight (preobesity)

Question 16

Nutritional given intravenously:

Answer 16

Parenteral nutrition

Question 17

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Answer 17

Protein

Question 18

Any inflammatory condition of the mouth:

Answer 18

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.

Question 19

A body mass index of less than 18.5:

Answer 19

Underweight

Less than normal body weight after adjustment for height, body build, and age.

Question 20

An organic compound essential in small quantities for normal physiologic and metabolic functioning of the body:

Answer 20

Vitamins

Question 21

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:

Answer 21

Metabolism

Question 22

The constructive phase of metabolism characterized by the conversion of simple substances into the more complex compounds of living matter:

Answer 22

Anabolism

Question 23

A metabolic process in which complex substances are broken down by living cells into simple compounds:

Answer 23

Catabolism