HOSA NUTRITION TEST E FINAL SCRIPT 2026
COMPLETE SOLUTION SET
◉ cholecytokinin (cck). Answer: triggers gallbladder to release bile
for the digestion of fat
◉ pancreatic proteases. Answer: the enzyme secreted by the
pancreas that digests proteins
◉ pancreatic amylase. Answer: converts starches to simple sugars
◉ pancreatic lipase. Answer: reduces fats to fatty acids and glycerol
◉ small intestine in digestion. Answer: most nutrients absorbed.
breaks down lactose maltose and sucrose.
◉ peptidases. Answer: break proteins down into amino acids
◉ colon. Answer: large intestine. funtion: absorb water and salts
from undigested food. makes volatile acids.
,◉ volatile fatty acids. Answer: acetate, propionate, butyrate.
absorbed from large intestine and used as energy.
◉ vitamins. Answer: organic compounds that enable the body to use
energy provided by fats carbs and proteins. can not cure.
◉ fat soluble vitamin deficency. Answer: occur in those with chronic
malabsorbtion disease such as cystic fibrosis, celiac, and chrons
disease.
◉ fat soluble. vitamins. Answer: A D E K. not lost easily in cooking
but lost with mineral oil. after absprbtion they are transported
through the body by lipoproteins. megadoses more common because
they are stored
◉ water soluble vitamins. Answer: B and c. easily destroyed easily
by air light and cooking
◉ Vitamin A. Answer: An antioxidant plays an important role in
vision, bone growth, reproduction, cell division, antioxidant,
regulates immune system.
◉ retinol. Answer: The active form of vitamin A. Preformed vitamin
A
, ◉ carotenoids. Answer: Provitamin A. Think carrots and other
orange and green fruits. May reduce the risk of cancer
◉ xeropthalmia. Answer: blindness caused by mucous membranes
of eye Sign of a deficiency of vitamin K.
◉ Vitamin D. Answer: Prohormone Of calcium and phosphorus.
Heat-stable and not easily oxidized.
◉ rickets. Answer: Deficiency disease caused by a lack of vitamin D;
causes malformed bones and pain in infants
◉ Deficiency of vitamin D. Answer: May lead to osteomalacia which
then can evolve into osteoporosis
◉ Vitamin E. Answer: antioxidant. Essential for protection of cell
structure, especially of red blood cells
◉ hemolysis. Answer: destruction of red blood cells due to lack of
vitamin E
◉ vitamin K. Answer: essential in blood clotting. deficiency leads to
hemorrhaging.
COMPLETE SOLUTION SET
◉ cholecytokinin (cck). Answer: triggers gallbladder to release bile
for the digestion of fat
◉ pancreatic proteases. Answer: the enzyme secreted by the
pancreas that digests proteins
◉ pancreatic amylase. Answer: converts starches to simple sugars
◉ pancreatic lipase. Answer: reduces fats to fatty acids and glycerol
◉ small intestine in digestion. Answer: most nutrients absorbed.
breaks down lactose maltose and sucrose.
◉ peptidases. Answer: break proteins down into amino acids
◉ colon. Answer: large intestine. funtion: absorb water and salts
from undigested food. makes volatile acids.
,◉ volatile fatty acids. Answer: acetate, propionate, butyrate.
absorbed from large intestine and used as energy.
◉ vitamins. Answer: organic compounds that enable the body to use
energy provided by fats carbs and proteins. can not cure.
◉ fat soluble vitamin deficency. Answer: occur in those with chronic
malabsorbtion disease such as cystic fibrosis, celiac, and chrons
disease.
◉ fat soluble. vitamins. Answer: A D E K. not lost easily in cooking
but lost with mineral oil. after absprbtion they are transported
through the body by lipoproteins. megadoses more common because
they are stored
◉ water soluble vitamins. Answer: B and c. easily destroyed easily
by air light and cooking
◉ Vitamin A. Answer: An antioxidant plays an important role in
vision, bone growth, reproduction, cell division, antioxidant,
regulates immune system.
◉ retinol. Answer: The active form of vitamin A. Preformed vitamin
A
, ◉ carotenoids. Answer: Provitamin A. Think carrots and other
orange and green fruits. May reduce the risk of cancer
◉ xeropthalmia. Answer: blindness caused by mucous membranes
of eye Sign of a deficiency of vitamin K.
◉ Vitamin D. Answer: Prohormone Of calcium and phosphorus.
Heat-stable and not easily oxidized.
◉ rickets. Answer: Deficiency disease caused by a lack of vitamin D;
causes malformed bones and pain in infants
◉ Deficiency of vitamin D. Answer: May lead to osteomalacia which
then can evolve into osteoporosis
◉ Vitamin E. Answer: antioxidant. Essential for protection of cell
structure, especially of red blood cells
◉ hemolysis. Answer: destruction of red blood cells due to lack of
vitamin E
◉ vitamin K. Answer: essential in blood clotting. deficiency leads to
hemorrhaging.
