Sos ILA: Vitamin Disorders

Question 1

fat soluble vitamins

Answer 1

vitamin A,D,E,K

Question 2

fat soluble vitamins require what for absorption

Answer 2

bile

Question 3

fat soluble
found in dairy, fish, fruits and veggies

Answer 3

vitamin A

Question 4

deficiency of this includes: night blindness, conjunctival squamous metaplasia, infertility, poor wound healing

Answer 4

vitamin A

Question 5

water soluble
aka Thiamine
required for normal heart and brain functions

Answer 5

vitamin B1

Question 6

deficiency of this includes: wet beriberi, dry beriberi, wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome

Answer 6

Vitamin B1

Question 7

water soluble
aka Riboflavin
used in metabolism of fats, drugs, and steroids

Answer 7

Vitamin B2

Question 8

deficiency of this includes: angular cheilosis and corneal vascularization and vision changes

Answer 8

Vitamin B2

Question 9

water soluble
aka Niacin
was prescribed to yield increased high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and decrease low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (except no longer used)

Answer 9

Vitamin B3

Question 10

deficiency of this includes: pellagra of the 4 D’s—-diarrhea, dermatitis, dementia, death

Answer 10

Vitamin B3

Question 11

water soluble
aka folate
used in synthesis of DNA and RNA and RBCs

Answer 11

Vitamin B9

Question 12

deficiency of this includes: megablastic anemia and hypersegmented neutrophils and glossitis (enlarged tongue)

Answer 12

Vitamin B9

Question 13

water soluble
aka cobalamin
binds to intrinsic factor produced by parietal cells in the stomach

Answer 13

Vitamin B12

Question 14

used in synthesis of DNA, RNA and RBCs

Answer 14

vitamin B12

Question 15

deficiency includes: megablastic anemia
hypersegmented neutrophils
and subacute combined degeneration (of segments of spinal cord)

Answer 15

vitamin B12

Question 16

water soluble
aka Ascorbic acid
facilitates iron production; hydroxylation of proline and lysine in collagen synthesis

Answer 16

Vitamin C

Question 17

deficiency of this is scurvy (bruising, swollen gums, weak immune response)

Answer 17

vitamin C

Question 18

fat soluble
increases Ca2+ bone mineralization
regulated by PTH

Answer 18

vitamin D

Question 19

deficiency includes: chronic kidney disease, cirrhosis, osteomalacia and rickets

Answer 19

vitamin D

Question 20

fat soluble
antioxidant

Answer 20

vitamin E

Question 21

deficiency includes: hemolytic anemia
CNS demyelinating disorders

Answer 21

vitamin E

Question 22

excess _____ can cause enterocolitis in infants

Answer 22

vitamin E

Question 23

fat soluble
gamma-carboxylation by this to make coag factors II, VII, IX, X

Answer 23

vitamin K

Question 24

deficiency includes: prolonged bleeding

Answer 24

vitamin K

Question 25

absorbs most nutrients and vitamins here

Answer 25

duodenum and jejunum

Question 26

vitamin B12 and bile salts are absorbed where

Answer 26

terminal ileum

Question 27

can occur due to massive resection of small bowel (less than 200 cm remaining)

Answer 27

short bowel syndrome

Question 28

causes of this in adults include: Crohn’s, mesenteric ischemia, radiation enteritis and adhesions

Answer 28

short bowel syndrome

Question 29

causes of this in children include: volvulus, intestinal malformations and necrotizing enterocolitis

Answer 29

short bowel syndrome

Question 30

vitamin that helps body release energy from carbs

Answer 30

B1 (thiamin)

Question 31

vitamin that helps body release energy from macronutrients

Answer 31

vitamin B2 (riboflavin)