Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Water Soluble Vitamins - CORRECT ANSWER - -B Vitamins
-Readily Excreted
Ketone Bodies - CORRECT ANSWER - Examples of a metabolite in the breakdown of fatty
acids when carbohydrates are unavailable include
Functions of Free Fatty Acids - CORRECT ANSWER - - Energy Storage
-Padding and Insulation
-Components of cell membranes
-absorption and transport of fat soluble
Vitamin C - CORRECT ANSWER - Deficiency: Scurvy
High Doses are excreted in urine and absorbed in the portal system
Vitamin D - CORRECT ANSWER - Fat Soluble Vitamin
When active regulates serum calcium by working with parathyroid hormone to reduce calcium
excretion by the kidneys
List of Affects to the various forms of this vitamin and the daily dose requirements
-Short time in a tanning bed causing cholesterol conversion
-Sun exposure causing cholesterol conversion
-Ingestion as ergo- or cholecalciferol in plant or animal products, respectively
Thiamin (Vitamin B1) - CORRECT ANSWER - Deficiency: Beirberi
Additional calories needed during pregnancy - CORRECT ANSWER - 350 Kcals
, Why do pregnant women require more fluids? - CORRECT ANSWER - Increased blood
volume for fetal needs
Iron needs rise during pregnancy because - CORRECT ANSWER - -the number of red blood
cells increases in mother
-the fetus is building iron stores
Pasteurization - CORRECT ANSWER - the process of heating food ti kill bacteria
Norman Borlaug - CORRECT ANSWER - Father of Green Revolution
Liver - CORRECT ANSWER - Organ primarily responsible for ethanol metabolism
True Statements Regarding Alcohol Consumption - CORRECT ANSWER - -alcohol abuse
can lead to vitamin c deficiency
-calories from alcohol are more likely to form abdominal fat
-alcohol consumption by pregnant women can lead to Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
-excessive consumption may be detrimental to cardiovascular health
Two major detoxification processes for ethanol metabolism are: - CORRECT ANSWER --
Alcohol Dehydrogenase
-MEOS
Alcohol cirrhosis - CORRECT ANSWER - an irreversible condition that interferes with liver
function
An increase in reactive oxygen species and a decrease in antiooxidant levels is a possible result
of - CORRECT ANSWER - Ethanol consumption