Unit 3 Test Flashcards

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What are the fat soluble vitamins?

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Vitamins

A, D, E, K

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what are the water soluble vitamins?

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Vitamin B

&

Vitamin C

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What are the major minerals?

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Sodium
Potassium
Phosphorus
Chloride
Calcium
Manganese
Sulfur
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How much of the major minerals are needed per day and how much is stored?

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> 100 mg per day

Store >5 g

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What are the trace minerals?

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Iron
Selenium
Fluoride
Chromium
Manganese
Zinc
Copper
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How much of the trace minerals are needed per day and how much is stored?

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< 100 g per day

Store < 5 g

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What is chromium associated with?

What is it

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Glucose

A trace mineral

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What is iodine associated with and responsible for?

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Components of thyroid hormone

Those hormones regulate body temp and metabolism

A lack of it can cause goiter (enlarged thyroid)
Can cause Graves’ disease (bulging eyes)

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What is manganese apart of?

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Superoxide dismutase

Powerful Anita oxidant that protects us from free radical damage

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What is the coenzyme for THIAMIN?

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TPP

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What is the coenzyme for RIBOFLAVIN?

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FAD

FMN

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What is the coenzyme for NICAN.

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NAD

NADP

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What is the coenzyme for VIT. B6

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PLP

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What is the coenzyme for FOLATE?

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THF

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What is the coenzyme for PANOTHENIC ACID?

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CoA

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What dose the coir cycle do?

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Converts execs lactic acids in the body to glucose.

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What dose VIT.A do?

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Allow us to see color

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What dose VIT.D do?

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Regulates blood calcium

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What dose VIT. E do?

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Protects cell membrane/ improves VIT. Absorption

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What dose VIT. K do?

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Aids in blood coagulation.

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What is phosphorylation?

A

When B. VIT are combined with other substances

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What dose a deficiency in VIT. B12 and folate cause?

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What is choline?

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Vitamin like substance

Involved in phosphotidylcholine or lecithin

Not a VIT just aids them

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What are B.vit particularly important for?

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Assisting in energy metabolism

They act as coenzymes

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Where is most of the phosphorus found in our body stored?
Our bones
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What are sodium and potassium important to?
Nerve impulses
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How do we get fluid in our body?
Beverages and food Metabolic reaction 10-14% of our daily water Oxidative metabolism
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How dose water move through the body?
By osmosis High to low
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What dose osmotic pressure do?
Keeps electrolytes from drawing liquid toward them
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What is the cycle of electrolytes?
Depolarization Action potential Repolarization
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What tells us we are thirsty?
The hypothalamus
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What is potassium associate with?
The relaxation of the muscle contraction cycle Causes healthy heart
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What is chloride? | What is it involved in and what dose it do?
A major mineral It's in extra cellular fluid Assist in the immune system and transmission of nerve impulses
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What is phosphorus?
A major mineral
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What is the result of a thiamin deficiency?
Berriberri Muscle wasting
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What is the result of a niacin deficiency?
Pellegra
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What is a deficiency in folate cause?
Neural tube defects in fetuses Anemia Heart disease
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What is a VIT b12 deficiency?
It is RARE!!!! But anemia
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What is a PANOTHENIC acid deficiency?
Very rare It's absolutely essential for fatty acid metabolism Main enzyme is CoA
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What dose chromium do and what is it?
Assists insulin in glucose uptake Is a minor mineral Dose not effect body composition
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What is sulfur?
Major mineral