SAS#8 Flashcards

1
Q

Can cause blindness

A

VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY

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2
Q

Lack of niacin can cause

A

DEMENTIA

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3
Q

Lack of vitamin d can

A

RETIRED BONE GROWTH

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4
Q

Vitamins are available from foods in inactive forms known as

A

PRECURSORS OR PROVITAMINS

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5
Q

Prolong heating may destroy much of the

A

THIAMIN in the food

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6
Q

Can be destroyed by the ultraviolet rays of the sun or by the fluorescent light

A

RIBOFLAVIN

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7
Q

Food is stored in _______are most likely to lose riboflavin

A

TRANSPARENT GLASS CONTAINERS

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8
Q

___destroys vitamin c

A

OXYGEN

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9
Q

Vitamins for naturally into 2 classes

A

FAT SOLUBLE AND WATER SOLUBLE

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10
Q

The water soluble vitamins are the

A

VITAMIN B COMPLEX
VITAMIN C

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11
Q

Fat-soluble ones are vitamins

A

A
D
E
K

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12
Q

Has the distinction of being the first fat soluble vitamins to be recognized

A

VITAMIN A

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13
Q

Three different forms of vitamin a are active in the body

A

RETINOL
RETINAL
RETINOIC ACID

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14
Q

Supports reproduction and is the major transport and storage form of the vitamin;

A

RETINOL

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15
Q

Is active in vision

A

RETINAL

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16
Q

Act as a hormone, regulating cell differentiation growth and embryonic development.a special transport protein, retinol-binding protein, picks up retinol from the liver where it is stored and carries it in the blood

A

RETINOIC ACID

17
Q

Is not an essential nutrient

A

VITAMIN D

18
Q

Vitamin d comes into major forms

A

VITAMIN D2
D3

19
Q

Derived primarily from plant foods in the diet

A

V. D2

20
Q

Derived from animal foods in a diet and from synthesis in the skin

A

V. D3

21
Q

Compound name of vitamin e

A

TOCOPHEROL

22
Q

Has long been known for its role in blood clotting

A

V. K

23
Q

Vitamin k appropriately gets its name from the danish word

A

KOAGULATION

24
Q

This vitamins found in the watery compartments of foods are distributed into water filled compartment of the body

A

V B COMPLEX
V. C