Dietetics Practice Test Questions and Answers All Correct

Dietetics Practice Test Questions and Answers All Correct Pica - Answer-Compulsive intake of non-food substabces over a sustained period of time. Geophagia - Answer-Compulsive eating of clay or dirt Pagophagia - Answer-Compulsive eating of ice or freezer frost Hemoconcentration - Answer-Hgb 13.5 mg/dL Increase of blood cells in the blood resulting in loss of plasma or water in the blood stream Pre-eclampsia - Answer-Diastolic BP90 or systolic PB 140 and proteinuria with an onset after 20 weeks of gestation Xerostomia - Answer-Dryness of mouth Postprandial - Answer-Occurring after meals Malocclusion - Answer-misalignment of teeth Macroglossia - Answer-abnormally large tongue orthodontia, n - Answer-Treatment and devices used on teeth to make them grow straight. Edentulous - Answer-Toothless Alveolar bone - Answer-thin layer of compact bone that forms the tooth socket Dental Prostheses - Answer-Dentures and implants Xerostomia - Answer-Unusually dry mouth, often caused by medication. Petechiae - Answer-Tiny round brown-purple spots due to bleeding under the skin due to minor trauma or widespread due to blood-clotting disorder. Function foods - Answer-Whole Foods along with fortified, enriched or enhanced foods that have a potentially beneficial effect on health when consumed as part of a varied diet on a regular basis at effective levels based on significant standards of evidence. Nutraceuticals - Answer-Any bioactive component that delivers a health benefit commonly in a supplement form hydrolytic rancidity or ester hydrolysis - Answer-Occurs when water splits fatty acid chains away from the glycerol backbone in triglycerides. Cryogenic freezing - Answer-Requires extremely low temperatures generally below - 238. Irradiation pasteurizarion - Answer-Cold pasteurization Leptin - Answer-Satiety hormone secreted by fats cells to inhibit hunger. Ghrelin - Answer-hunger arousing hormone secreted by an empty stomach Thiamin - Answer-Maintains mental function and helps regulate metabolism Magnesium (Mg) - Answer-Signals muscles to relax and contract, may help maintain immune response and promotes normal blood pressure Selenium - Answer-Aids cell growth and boosts immune function non essential amino acids - Answer-alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid, cysteine, glutamic acid, glutamine, glycine, proline, serine, and tyrosine essential amino acids - Answer-Histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, and valine. They are 9. dependent variable - Answer-The measurable effect, outcome, or response in which the research is interested. It is the measurable outcome indicator. independent variable - Answer-The experimental factor that is manipulated; the variable whose effect is being studied. Nutrition Care Process - Answer-Diagnosis, monitoring and evaluation, nutrition intervention Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome - Answer-Severe form of thiamin deficiency often from alcohol abuse climacteric fruits - Answer-Fruit that continues to ripen post-harvest. Ex: tomatoes, peaches, pears, apples, bananas, apricots Oxidative rancidity - Answer-The double bonds of an unsaturated fatty acid can undergo cleavage, releasing volatile aldehydes and ketones. This process can be suppressed by the exclusion of oxygen or by the addition of antioxidants. Oxidation occurs in unsaturated fats. Food habits - Answer-Practices and associated attitudes that predetermine what and when a person will eat. Food preferences - Answer-The foods a person likes to eat Food satisfaction - Answer-Measures the level of eating enjoyment of an individual. Pallegra - Answer-Disease caused by niacin deficiency known for the 4D's: dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea, death