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Symptoms of Vitamin A deficiency - 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 - Answer✔Vision and immunity
Vitamin A deficiency diseases - Answer✔Significant risk factor for mortality from measles and
diarrhea
Xerophthalmia (ocular diseases)
Bitots spots
Corneal xerosis
Ulceration
Keratomalacia
Vitamin A benefits - Answer✔Healthy vision, skin, bones, teeth, and reproduction
Chemical name of vitamin A - Answer✔Retinol
Foods containing vitamin a - Answer✔Liver, eggs, fish, milk, carrots, sweet potato, pumpkin,
and spinach
Vitamin K deficiency symptoms - Answer✔Bleeding tendencies, poor bone growth
Vitamin K deficiency diseases - Answer✔Hemorrhagic disease, defective blood clotting
Vitamin K special considerations - Answer✔Do not take with blood thinner medications
(warfarin)
Vitamin K benefits - Answer✔Blood clotting, blood calcium regulation, and bone development
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Who is susceptible to vitamin K deficiency? - Answer✔People with severe malabsorption
disorders such as Crohn's disease or who receive chronic treatment with antibiotics
Vitamin K foods - Answer✔Broccoli, Brussels sprouts, liver, and leafy greens.
Vitamin D deficiency diseases - Answer✔rickets and growth retardation in children and
osteomalacia in adults
vitamin D foods - Answer✔egg yolk, fatty fish, liver, sunlight
Vitamin D deficiency symptoms - Answer✔Frequent illness, fatigue, bone pain, impaired wound
healing, bone loss, hair loss, muscle pain
Vitamin D benefits - 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 - Answer✔Cell homeostasis
Phosphorus benefits - Answer✔Used in all cell function - more than any other mineral
Bone and tooth formation
Energy metabolism
Acid base balance
Phosphorus deficiency - 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 - Answer✔Fish, poultry, eggs, leafy greens, avocado, oats, legumes
riboflavin rich foods - Answer✔Cereal, almonds, beef liver, chicken liver, soybeans, milk, yogurt
What is a pro-vitamin? - Answer✔A substance that an organism can transform into a vitamin
What is a vitamin? - 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? - Answer✔A compound that contains carbon
Vitamins are organic compounds that are needed in small quantities
Vitamin E benefits - Answer✔Antioxidant, helps stabilize cell membranes
Immune function
Reproduction
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Vitamin E deficiency - 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 - Answer✔Oils, seeds, nuts, whole grain, tofu, avocado
Vitamin C benefits - Answer✔Antioxidant
cofactor of enzymes
Metabolic and immunologic activities
Helps make new cells
Collagen synthesis for new tissue
Vitamin C deficiency - Answer✔Scurvy, tissue bleeding, susceptible to bone fracture, poor
wound healing, bleeding gums, and tooth loss
Vitamin C foods - Answer✔Citrus fruits, bell peppers, kiwis, berries, broccoli, tomato juice,
green and yellow vegetables, spinach
Critical function of vitamin C - Answer✔Antioxidant
What is a micronutrient? - Answer✔A nutrient that is still essential but does not provide the
body with energy. Needed in smaller amounts.
What is a catalyst? - 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 - Answer✔infants and elderly
UTIs
Vomiting
Diarrhea
Diabetes
Impaired swallowing
Extreme weakness
Disorientation
Coma
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CCC1 Exam 2 Questions And Answers |Latest
2025 | Guaranteed Pass.
Symptoms of Vitamin A deficiency - 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 - Answer✔Vision and immunity
Vitamin A deficiency diseases - Answer✔Significant risk factor for mortality from measles and
diarrhea
Xerophthalmia (ocular diseases)
Bitots spots
Corneal xerosis
Ulceration
Keratomalacia
Vitamin A benefits - Answer✔Healthy vision, skin, bones, teeth, and reproduction
Chemical name of vitamin A - Answer✔Retinol
Foods containing vitamin a - Answer✔Liver, eggs, fish, milk, carrots, sweet potato, pumpkin,
and spinach
Vitamin K deficiency symptoms - Answer✔Bleeding tendencies, poor bone growth
Vitamin K deficiency diseases - Answer✔Hemorrhagic disease, defective blood clotting
Vitamin K special considerations - Answer✔Do not take with blood thinner medications
(warfarin)
Vitamin K benefits - Answer✔Blood clotting, blood calcium regulation, and bone development
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Who is susceptible to vitamin K deficiency? - Answer✔People with severe malabsorption
disorders such as Crohn's disease or who receive chronic treatment with antibiotics
Vitamin K foods - Answer✔Broccoli, Brussels sprouts, liver, and leafy greens.
Vitamin D deficiency diseases - Answer✔rickets and growth retardation in children and
osteomalacia in adults
vitamin D foods - Answer✔egg yolk, fatty fish, liver, sunlight
Vitamin D deficiency symptoms - Answer✔Frequent illness, fatigue, bone pain, impaired wound
healing, bone loss, hair loss, muscle pain
Vitamin D benefits - 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 - Answer✔Cell homeostasis
Phosphorus benefits - Answer✔Used in all cell function - more than any other mineral
Bone and tooth formation
Energy metabolism
Acid base balance
Phosphorus deficiency - 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 - Answer✔Fish, poultry, eggs, leafy greens, avocado, oats, legumes
riboflavin rich foods - Answer✔Cereal, almonds, beef liver, chicken liver, soybeans, milk, yogurt
What is a pro-vitamin? - Answer✔A substance that an organism can transform into a vitamin
What is a vitamin? - 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? - Answer✔A compound that contains carbon
Vitamins are organic compounds that are needed in small quantities
Vitamin E benefits - Answer✔Antioxidant, helps stabilize cell membranes
Immune function
Reproduction
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Vitamin E deficiency - 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 - Answer✔Oils, seeds, nuts, whole grain, tofu, avocado
Vitamin C benefits - Answer✔Antioxidant
cofactor of enzymes
Metabolic and immunologic activities
Helps make new cells
Collagen synthesis for new tissue
Vitamin C deficiency - Answer✔Scurvy, tissue bleeding, susceptible to bone fracture, poor
wound healing, bleeding gums, and tooth loss
Vitamin C foods - Answer✔Citrus fruits, bell peppers, kiwis, berries, broccoli, tomato juice,
green and yellow vegetables, spinach
Critical function of vitamin C - Answer✔Antioxidant
What is a micronutrient? - Answer✔A nutrient that is still essential but does not provide the
body with energy. Needed in smaller amounts.
What is a catalyst? - 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 - Answer✔infants and elderly
UTIs
Vomiting
Diarrhea
Diabetes
Impaired swallowing
Extreme weakness
Disorientation
Coma
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