FNDH 400 Exam 4 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+ 2023|2024 UPDATE

1 / 10 FNDH 400 Exam 4 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+ 2023|2024 UPDATE 1. 1-Carbon Metabolism: Focused on the metabolism, or movement, of methyl groups Specifically single carbon, primarily -CH3 groups 2. Folic Acid: Synthetic Monoglutamate Oxidized form Stable 3. Folate: Natural Reduced form 2 / 10 Contains multiple glutamates in tail Heat and light sensitive 4. True or False -- Prior to uptake, glutamates will be cleaved off of folic acid to form the monoglutamate form: False -- glutamates will be cleaved off of folate not folic acid 5. Functions of folate/folic acid: Amino acid metabolism DNA base synthesis Donates a methyl group to cobalamin forming methyl-cobalamin 6. Folate Deficiency: -Macrocytic, megaloblastic anemia -Large nucleated red blood cells -Improper red blood cell division 7. True or False -- Spina bifida is the most common neural tube defect that results from failure of the neural tube to close properly.: True 8. Which of the following is not a reason why the United States fortifies cereals, grains and some corn masa flour with folic acid?: To benefit others (men, elderly etc.) who are not women of child-bearing age -- it is meant to focus specifically on women of childbearing age