CCC1 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Symptoms of Vitamin A deficiency - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅night blindness, failure to grow (children),
infection/sickness
Compromise growth, reproduction, immune system, and epithelial tissue
Hair loss, skin irritation, bone pain, liver damage, birth defects
Main function of vitamin A - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Vision and immunity
Vitamin A deficiency diseases - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Significant risk factor for mortality from measles
and diarrhea
Xerophthalmia (ocular diseases)
Bitots spots
Corneal xerosis
Ulceration
Keratomalacia
Vitamin A benefits - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Healthy vision, skin, bones, teeth, and reproduction
Chemical name of vitamin A - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Retinol
Foods containing vitamin a - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Liver, eggs, fish, milk, carrots, sweet potato,
pumpkin, and spinach
Vitamin K deficiency symptoms - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Bleeding tendencies, poor bone growth
Vitamin K deficiency diseases - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Hemorrhagic disease, defective blood clotting
Vitamin K special considerations - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Do not take with blood thinner medications
(warfarin)
,Vitamin K benefits - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Blood clotting, blood calcium regulation, and bone
development
Who is susceptible to vitamin K deficiency? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅People with severe malabsorption
disorders such as Crohn's disease or who receive chronic treatment with antibiotics
Vitamin K foods - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Broccoli, Brussels sprouts, liver, and leafy greens.
Vitamin D deficiency diseases - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅rickets and growth retardation in children and
osteomalacia in adults
vitamin D foods - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅egg yolk, fatty fish, liver, sunlight
Vitamin D deficiency symptoms - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Frequent illness, fatigue, bone pain, impaired
wound healing, bone loss, hair loss, muscle pain
Vitamin D benefits - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅strengthens and helps form bones and teeth via calcium and
phosphorus. Helps with immune function, neuromuscular function, cell function (proliferation,
differentiation, and apoptosis)
Critical function of vitamin D - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Cell homeostasis
Phosphorus benefits - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Used in all cell function - more than any other mineral
Bone and tooth formation
Energy metabolism
Acid base balance
Phosphorus deficiency - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Rare - weakness, loss of appetite, fatigue, pain, and
bone loss over time.
,The only evidence of deficiency is in people who consume large amounts of antacids consistently that
contain aluminum hydroxide.
Phosphorus foods - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Fish, poultry, eggs, leafy greens, avocado, oats, legumes
riboflavin rich foods - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Cereal, almonds, beef liver, chicken liver, soybeans, milk,
yogurt
What is a pro-vitamin? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A substance that an organism can transform into a
vitamin
What is a vitamin? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A compound which an organism requires, but is unable to
synthesize in sufficient quantities, so must obtain through its diet.
What is an organic compound? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A compound that contains carbon
Vitamins are organic compounds that are needed in small quantities
Vitamin E benefits - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Antioxidant, helps stabilize cell membranes
Immune function
Reproduction
Vitamin E deficiency - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅hemolytic anemia in premature infants
RBC membrane are susceptible to oxidation and destruction - leading to hemolytic anemia
Rare
Disruption of synthesis of myelin covering spinal cord fibers (physical activity) and retina of eye (vision)
Vitamin E foods - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Oils, seeds, nuts, whole grain, tofu, avocado
Vitamin C benefits - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Antioxidant
cofactor of enzymes
, Metabolic and immunologic activities
Helps make new cells
Collagen synthesis for new tissue
Vitamin C deficiency - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Scurvy, tissue bleeding, susceptible to bone fracture, poor
wound healing, bleeding gums, and tooth loss
Vitamin C foods - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Citrus fruits, bell peppers, kiwis, berries, broccoli, tomato juice,
green and yellow vegetables, spinach
Critical function of vitamin C - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Antioxidant
What is a micronutrient? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A nutrient that is still essential but does not provide
the body with energy. Needed in smaller amounts.
What is a catalyst? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A substance that increases the rate at which a specific
chemical reaction proceeds but is not itself consumed during the reaction.
Example: enzymes
Risk for dehydration - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅infants and elderly
UTIs
Vomiting
Diarrhea
Diabetes
Impaired swallowing
Extreme weakness
Disorientation
Coma
Hemorrhage
Sweating
Symptoms of Vitamin A deficiency - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅night blindness, failure to grow (children),
infection/sickness
Compromise growth, reproduction, immune system, and epithelial tissue
Hair loss, skin irritation, bone pain, liver damage, birth defects
Main function of vitamin A - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Vision and immunity
Vitamin A deficiency diseases - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Significant risk factor for mortality from measles
and diarrhea
Xerophthalmia (ocular diseases)
Bitots spots
Corneal xerosis
Ulceration
Keratomalacia
Vitamin A benefits - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Healthy vision, skin, bones, teeth, and reproduction
Chemical name of vitamin A - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Retinol
Foods containing vitamin a - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Liver, eggs, fish, milk, carrots, sweet potato,
pumpkin, and spinach
Vitamin K deficiency symptoms - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Bleeding tendencies, poor bone growth
Vitamin K deficiency diseases - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Hemorrhagic disease, defective blood clotting
Vitamin K special considerations - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Do not take with blood thinner medications
(warfarin)
,Vitamin K benefits - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Blood clotting, blood calcium regulation, and bone
development
Who is susceptible to vitamin K deficiency? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅People with severe malabsorption
disorders such as Crohn's disease or who receive chronic treatment with antibiotics
Vitamin K foods - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Broccoli, Brussels sprouts, liver, and leafy greens.
Vitamin D deficiency diseases - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅rickets and growth retardation in children and
osteomalacia in adults
vitamin D foods - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅egg yolk, fatty fish, liver, sunlight
Vitamin D deficiency symptoms - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Frequent illness, fatigue, bone pain, impaired
wound healing, bone loss, hair loss, muscle pain
Vitamin D benefits - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅strengthens and helps form bones and teeth via calcium and
phosphorus. Helps with immune function, neuromuscular function, cell function (proliferation,
differentiation, and apoptosis)
Critical function of vitamin D - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Cell homeostasis
Phosphorus benefits - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Used in all cell function - more than any other mineral
Bone and tooth formation
Energy metabolism
Acid base balance
Phosphorus deficiency - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Rare - weakness, loss of appetite, fatigue, pain, and
bone loss over time.
,The only evidence of deficiency is in people who consume large amounts of antacids consistently that
contain aluminum hydroxide.
Phosphorus foods - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Fish, poultry, eggs, leafy greens, avocado, oats, legumes
riboflavin rich foods - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Cereal, almonds, beef liver, chicken liver, soybeans, milk,
yogurt
What is a pro-vitamin? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A substance that an organism can transform into a
vitamin
What is a vitamin? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A compound which an organism requires, but is unable to
synthesize in sufficient quantities, so must obtain through its diet.
What is an organic compound? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A compound that contains carbon
Vitamins are organic compounds that are needed in small quantities
Vitamin E benefits - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Antioxidant, helps stabilize cell membranes
Immune function
Reproduction
Vitamin E deficiency - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅hemolytic anemia in premature infants
RBC membrane are susceptible to oxidation and destruction - leading to hemolytic anemia
Rare
Disruption of synthesis of myelin covering spinal cord fibers (physical activity) and retina of eye (vision)
Vitamin E foods - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Oils, seeds, nuts, whole grain, tofu, avocado
Vitamin C benefits - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Antioxidant
cofactor of enzymes
, Metabolic and immunologic activities
Helps make new cells
Collagen synthesis for new tissue
Vitamin C deficiency - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Scurvy, tissue bleeding, susceptible to bone fracture, poor
wound healing, bleeding gums, and tooth loss
Vitamin C foods - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Citrus fruits, bell peppers, kiwis, berries, broccoli, tomato juice,
green and yellow vegetables, spinach
Critical function of vitamin C - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Antioxidant
What is a micronutrient? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A nutrient that is still essential but does not provide
the body with energy. Needed in smaller amounts.
What is a catalyst? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A substance that increases the rate at which a specific
chemical reaction proceeds but is not itself consumed during the reaction.
Example: enzymes
Risk for dehydration - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅infants and elderly
UTIs
Vomiting
Diarrhea
Diabetes
Impaired swallowing
Extreme weakness
Disorientation
Coma
Hemorrhage
Sweating
