QUIZ #4 MATERNAL Flashcards
EXPANSION OF BLOOD VOLUME, EXCRETION OF WASTES; MILK SECRETION
WATER
GROWTH OF FETAL AND MATERNAL TISSUES, MILK PRODUCTION
ENERGY
PROMOTES REGULAR BOWEL ELIMINATION, REDUCES LONG-TERM RISK FOR HEART DISEASE, DIVERTICULOSIS, AND DIABETES
FIBER
SYNTHESIS OF THE PRODUCTS OF CONCEPTION, GROWTH OF MATERNAL TISSUE AND EXPANSION OF BLOOD VOLUME, SECRETION OF MILK PROTEIN DURING LACTATION.
PROTEIN
MATERNAL HEMOGLOBIN FORMATION, FETAL LIVER IRON STORAGE.
IRON
FETAL SKELETON AND TOOTH FORMATIONS, MAINTENANCE OF MATERNAL BONE AND TOOTH MINERALIZATION
CALCIUM
INVOLVED IN ENERGY AND PROTEIN METABOLISM, TISSUE GROWTH, MUSCLE ACTION
MAGNESIUM
COMPONENT OF NUMEROUS ENZYME SYSTEMS, POSSIBLY IMPORTANT IN PREVENTING CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS
ZINC
INCREASED MATERNAL AND METABOLIC RATE
IODINE
INVOLVED IN ABSORPTION OF CALCIUM AND PHOSPHORUS, IMPROVES MINERALIZATION
VITAMIN D
ESSENTIAL FOR CELL DEVELOPMENT, TOOTH BUD FORMATION, BONE GROWTH
VITAMIN A
ANTIOXIDANT ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR PREVENTING BREAKDOWN OF RED BLOOD CELLS
VITAMIN E
PREVENT OF NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS, INCREASED MATERNAL RBC FORMATION
FOLATE
TISSUE FORMATION AND INTEGRITY, FORMATION OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE, ENHANCEMENT OF IRON ABSORPTION
VITAMIN C
INVOLVED IN PROTEIN METABOLISM
VITAMIN B6 or PYRIDOXINE