VITAMINS Flashcards
synonym:
VITAMIN B1
THIAMINE PYROPHOSPHATE
synonym:
VITAMIN B2
FLAVIN ADENINE
synonym:
VITAMIN B6
PYRIDOXINE
synonym:
VITAMIN B3
NIACINE
synonym:
VITAMIN B5
PANTOTHENIC ACID
synonym:
VITAMIN B9
FOLIC ACID
synonym:
VITAMIN B12
COBALAMIN
synonym:
VITAMIN C
ASCORBIC ACID
synonym:
VITAMIN E
TOCOPHEROL
synonym:
VITAMIN D
CALCIFEROL
DEFICIENCY:
vitamin B1
BERIBERI
DEFICIENCY:
vitamin B2
Cheilosis, angular
stomatitis, dermatitis
DEFICIENCY:
vitamin B6
DEPRESSION, CONFUSION, CONVULSION
DEFICIENCY:
NIACIN
PELLAGRA
DEFICIENCY:
vitamin B5
HTN
DEFICIENCY:
vitamin B4
RASH EYEBROW, MUSCLE PAIN, FATIGUE
DEFICIENCY:
vitamin B9
ANEMIA, NEURAL-TUBE DEFECTS
DEFICIENCY:
vitamin B12
ANEMIA, PERNICIOUS ANEMIA, METHYLMALONICACIDOSIS
DEFICIENCY:
vitamin C
SCURVY
DEFICIENCY:
vitamin E
inhibition of sperm production
DEFICIENCY:
vitamin D
RICKETS; skeletal deformities
DEFICIENCY:
vitamin A
NIGHT BLINDNESS , damage to respiratory GI tract
DEFICIENCY:
vitamin K
SUBDERMAL HEMORRHAGING
▫ Major components of BONES & TEETH
▫ Essential for MUSCLE CONTRACTION
▫ Essential for NERVE RESPONSE to stimuli
▫ Coordinator among mineral elements
▫ Essential for COAGULATION OF BLOOD
CALCIUM
▫ Components of boned & teeth
▫ Helps maintain the NEUTRALITY OF BODY FLUIDS
▫ Essential for supplying the IMMEDIATE ENERGY NEEDS of the cell
▫ Components of many molecules essential to NORMAL CELLULAR FUNCTION
PHOSPHATE