VITAMINS Flashcards
Undemineralized bones in children. Identify disease and deficiency.
Rickets
Vitamin A
Undemineralized bones in adults. Identify disease and deficiency.
Osteomalacia
Vitamin A
Tocopherols
Vitamin E
Pseudotumor cerebri
Vitamin A toxicity
Fat soluble vitamins
Vitamin A, D, E, K
Hemorrhagic disease in the newborn
Vitamin K deficiency
Tachycardia, vomiting, seizure, death
Infantile Beriberi
Thiamine
Dry skin, irritability, disordered thinking, progressive paralysis
Adult beriberi
Thiamine
Confusion, ataxia, nystagmus/ophthalmoplegia
Wenicke encephalopathy
Amnesia, confabulation, hallucinations
Korsakoff syndrome
Cheilosis
Riboflavin
Angular stomatits
Riboflavin
May be synthesized from tryptophan
Niacin
Which vitamin is needed to produce Niacin from Tryptophan
Pyridoxine
Diarrhea, Dermatitis, Dementia, Death
Pellagra
Niacin
Hartnup disease
Niacin deficiency
Corn-based diet
Niacin deficiency
Active form: Coenzyme A
Pantothenic acid
Burning foot syndrome
Pantothenic acid deficinecy
Vitamin coenzymes of pyruvate dehydrogenase
Thiamine
Riboflavin
Niacin
Pantothenic acid
Active form: Tetrahydrofolate
Folic acid
Megaloblastic anemia
Folic acid
Cobalamin
Vitamin coenzyme of alpha ketoglutarate
Thiamine
Vitamin coenzyme of transketolases
Thiamine
Vitamin coenzyme of branched chain amino acid dehydrogenase
Thiamine
Vitamin coenzyme of ALA synthase
Pyridoxine
Vitamin coenzyme of decarboxylation of glutamate and histidine
Pyridoxine
Vitamin coenzyme of Glycogen phosphorylase
Pyridoxine
Vitamin coenzyme of Methymalonyl CoA mutase
Cobalamin
Vitamin coenzyme of Methinone synthase
Cobalamin
Pernicious anemia
Cobalamin
Sore spongy gums, loose teeth, poor wound healing, bone fracture
Scurvy
Vitamin C deficiency
Vitamin coenzyme of pyruvate carboxylase
Biotin
Dermatitis, poor wound healing, hair loss, neuropsychiatric impairmenets, testicular atrophy
ZInc deficiency
- X linked recessive disorder
- Growth retardation
- Mental deficiency
- Seizure
- Brittle hair
- Arterial aneurysms
Menkes syndrome (transport problem) Copper deficiency
- Hepatolenticular degeneration
- Kayser-Fleisher rings
- Liver damaage, neurological deterioration
Wilson Disease Copper deficiency (excretion blocked)
Low content causes cardiomyopathy endemic in parts of China
Keshan Disease
Selenium deficiency
Recessively inherited disease
Dermatitis
Diarrhea
Alopecia
Acrodermatitis enteropathica (Zinc deficiency)
Hemorrhagic vascular changes
Bone demineralization
Hypercholesterolemia
Neurologic problems
Copper deficiency
Parkinsonism and psychosis
Manganese madness
Halogen needed for synthesis of thyroid hormone
Iodine
Coenzyme for dopamine beta hydroxylase
Vitamin C
Coenzyme for proline and lysine hydroxylases
Vitamin C
