NUTRITION 121 FINAL EXAM
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NUTRITION 121 FINAL EXAM
1. How much of a healthy adult is composed of fluids?: 50-70%
2. What are electrolytes?: Mineral salts dissolved in Water
3. Fluids help maintain your body temp: This is True
4. Why do fluids help maintain your body temp?: Water has a high heat
capacity- the temp of the body fluid remains stable. While sweating releases
heat
5. What is another function of fluid in the body?: Protects and lubricates
body tissues
6. What are the functions of water?: Essential for life and required for fluid
and electrolyte balance and many metabolic reactions.
7. What is collagen?: Fibrous protein found in bone tissue
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8. what are the three processes of bone development?: Bone growth, bone
remolding and bone remolding throughout your life
9. What hormone is released when calcium levels are low?: Parathyroid
hormone PTH
10. What are the sources of Calcium?: Green leafy Vegetables and Dairy
Products
11. What is hypoglycemia caused by?: Kidney Disease or Vitamin D
deficiency
12. What do neural tube defects relate to?: inadequate intake of folate
13. What are teratogens?: Substances that cause birth defects (Alcohol, drugs
and mercury)
14. What thing can a low birth weight baby experience due to an under
nourished mother?: Increased risk of infections, learning disabilities,
impaired physical development or death in the first year
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NUTRITION 121 FINAL EXAM
1. How much of a healthy adult is composed of fluids?: 50-70%
2. What are electrolytes?: Mineral salts dissolved in Water
3. Fluids help maintain your body temp: This is True
4. Why do fluids help maintain your body temp?: Water has a high heat
capacity- the temp of the body fluid remains stable. While sweating releases
heat
5. What is another function of fluid in the body?: Protects and lubricates
body tissues
6. What are the functions of water?: Essential for life and required for fluid
and electrolyte balance and many metabolic reactions.
7. What is collagen?: Fibrous protein found in bone tissue
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, NUTRITION 121 FINAL EXAM
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_h4p5a
8. what are the three processes of bone development?: Bone growth, bone
remolding and bone remolding throughout your life
9. What hormone is released when calcium levels are low?: Parathyroid
hormone PTH
10. What are the sources of Calcium?: Green leafy Vegetables and Dairy
Products
11. What is hypoglycemia caused by?: Kidney Disease or Vitamin D
deficiency
12. What do neural tube defects relate to?: inadequate intake of folate
13. What are teratogens?: Substances that cause birth defects (Alcohol, drugs
and mercury)
14. What thing can a low birth weight baby experience due to an under
nourished mother?: Increased risk of infections, learning disabilities,
impaired physical development or death in the first year
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