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.