Nutrition for healthy living chapter 9 vocals Test Bank Questions and Answers

Nutrition for healthy living chapter
9 vocals Test Bank Questions and
Answers

Parathyroid hormone(PTH) - Answer- When blood calcium is too low. Hormone
secreted by parathyroid glands when blood calcium levels are too low

Osteoblast - Answer- New bone cells

Osteoclasts - Answer- Bone cells that tear down tissue

Hypercalcemia - Answer- Condition characterized by a higher than normal Co
cencentration of calcium in the blood

Osteoporosis - Answer- A chronic disease characterized by low bone mass and
reduced bone structure

Testosterone - Answer- Hormone needed for normal bone development and
maintenance

Estrogen - Answer- Hormone needed for normal bone development and maintenance

Systolic pressure - Answer- Maximum blood pressure within arteries when ventricles of
the heart contract

Diastolic pressure - Answer- Pressure when ventricles relax between contractions

Prehypertension - Answer- Condition characterized by persistently high systolic blood
pressure

Hemoglobin - Answer- Iron- containing protein in RBC That transports oxygen to tissues
and some CO2 away from tissues

Myoglobin - Answer- Iron - containing protein in muscle cells that controls oxygen
uptake from RBC

Heme iron - Answer- Form of iron in hemoglobin and myoglobin

Nonheme iron - Answer- Form of iron in vegetables, grains, meats and supplements

Iron deficiency - Answer- Condition characterized by low body stores of iron