VITAMINS AND SITES OF ABSORPTION Flashcards
vitamin A can cause what
night blindness
where is vitamin A absorbed
small intestine
vitamin B1 thiamine causes what
wernickes encephalopathy
vitamin B1 thiamine absorbed where
small intestine
vitmain B2 deficiency causes
angular stomatitis- swollen and red lips
B2 absorbed
prox small intestine
B12 absorbed where
terminal ileum
B12 deficiency
macrocytic aneami and glossitis( tongue inflamed and big)
vit c def causes
scurvy - teeth
vit c absorbed
prox ileum
vit d absorbed where
jejunum
vit d def causes
rickets and osteomalacia
vit k deficiency cx
bleeding disorders
vit k absorbed
small intestine
vit B3 cx
pellagra - 3 d - dementia, diarrhoea and dermatitis
vit B3 absorbed where
jejunum
iron absorbed where
dudodenum and jejunum
caused microcystic anamaia
zinc absorbed where
jejunum
zinc deficiency cx
poor wound healing
copper absorbed where
stomach and jejunum
copper deficiency causes
menkes syndrome
Menkes disease is caused by mutations in the ATP7A gene that regulates the metabolism of copper in the body