Nutritional pathology

Question 1

emaciated extremities, normal serum albumin, subcutaneous fat are affected, head larger than body

Answer 1

marasmus

Question 2

extremities are spared, hypoalbuminemia, liver steatosis present, cerebral atrophy present

Answer 2

kwashiorkor

Question 3

flakiy paint appearance, flag sign

Answer 3

kwashiorkor

Question 4

[psychiatric x nutrition]

hypothyroidism
decreased bone density
hypokalemia
anemia, hypogammaglobulinemia

Answer 4

anorexia nervosa

Question 5

[psychiatric x nutrition]

esophageal and gastric rupture, hypokalemia

Answer 5

bulimia nervosa

Question 6

vitamin C plays are role in these enzymes for hydroxylation of procollagen

Answer 6

prolyl and lysl hydroxylases

Question 7

humans cannot synthesize vitamin C because we lack this enzyme

Answer 7

L-gulonolactone oxidase

Question 8

excess of this leads to pseudotumor cerebri

Answer 8

vitamin A

Question 9

has antihistamine effect

Answer 9

vitamin C

Question 10

Excessive intake of vitamin C favors formation of this type of stone

Answer 10

calcium oxalate

Question 11

deficiency leads to degeneration of posterolateral spinal cord tracts

Answer 11

cobalamin

Question 12

[obesity]

secreted from the arcuate nucleus of hypothalamus, orexigenic

Answer 12

ghrelin

Question 13

[obesity]

stimulates beta oxidation

Answer 13

adiponectin

Question 14

compound that is decreased in prader-willi syndrome resulting to an increased POMC/CART activity

Answer 14

Peptide YY from the endocrine cells of ileum and colon

Question 15

[obesity]

secreted by pancreatic B cells which prevents weight gain by increasing POMC/CART acitivity

Answer 15

amylin

Question 16

Anorexigenic receptors

Answer 16

POMC/CART

Question 17

Orixegenic receptors

Answer 17

NPY/AgRP

Question 18

[obesity]

consequence of obesity characterized as OSA, polycythemia vera, eventual cor pulmonale

Answer 18

Pickwickian syndrome (Hypoventilation Hypersomnolence)