ATI Skills Module: Nutrition,
Feeding, & Eating Questions and
Correct Answers
adaptive utensils
✓✓~ devices for eating and feeding that have been modified to accommodate some type of
disability, for example, forks with built-up handles for use by people who have arthritis
albumin
✓✓~ a plasma protein formed primarily in the liver and accounting for about two thirds of the
protein in plasma
amino acid
✓✓~ any of a class of particular organic compounds occurring naturally in plant and animal
tissues and forming the "building blocks" of protein
anabolism
✓✓~ the constructive phase of metabolism, in which the body cells synthesize protoplasm for
growth and repair
anorexia nervosa
✓✓~ an eating disorder characterized by a preoccupation with food and the rituals of eating,
along with a voluntary refusal to eat
, anthropometric measures
✓✓~ data collected for studying the size, weight, and proportions of the human body
anthropometry
✓✓~ the study of the measurement of the size, weight, and proportions of the human body,
usually on a comparative basis
ascorbic acid
✓✓~ a vitamin that aids in tissue building and many metabolic reactions, such as wound and
fracture healing, collagen formation, adrenaline production, iron absorption, conversion of folic
acid, and cellular adhesion; also called vitamin C
aspiration
✓✓~ inadvertent inhalation of fluid or other substances into the lungs; also, the withdrawal or
removal, via a syringe or other apparatus, of a substance or material from the body
basal metabolic rate
✓✓~ the amount of calories used by the body during a nonactive period; also called resting
energy expenditure
bioelectric impedance analysis
✓✓~ a method of estimating body composition that determines the body tissues' opposition to the
flow of an electric current, which can then be used to estimate total body water, fat-free body
mass, and body fat
biotin
Feeding, & Eating Questions and
Correct Answers
adaptive utensils
✓✓~ devices for eating and feeding that have been modified to accommodate some type of
disability, for example, forks with built-up handles for use by people who have arthritis
albumin
✓✓~ a plasma protein formed primarily in the liver and accounting for about two thirds of the
protein in plasma
amino acid
✓✓~ any of a class of particular organic compounds occurring naturally in plant and animal
tissues and forming the "building blocks" of protein
anabolism
✓✓~ the constructive phase of metabolism, in which the body cells synthesize protoplasm for
growth and repair
anorexia nervosa
✓✓~ an eating disorder characterized by a preoccupation with food and the rituals of eating,
along with a voluntary refusal to eat
, anthropometric measures
✓✓~ data collected for studying the size, weight, and proportions of the human body
anthropometry
✓✓~ the study of the measurement of the size, weight, and proportions of the human body,
usually on a comparative basis
ascorbic acid
✓✓~ a vitamin that aids in tissue building and many metabolic reactions, such as wound and
fracture healing, collagen formation, adrenaline production, iron absorption, conversion of folic
acid, and cellular adhesion; also called vitamin C
aspiration
✓✓~ inadvertent inhalation of fluid or other substances into the lungs; also, the withdrawal or
removal, via a syringe or other apparatus, of a substance or material from the body
basal metabolic rate
✓✓~ the amount of calories used by the body during a nonactive period; also called resting
energy expenditure
bioelectric impedance analysis
✓✓~ a method of estimating body composition that determines the body tissues' opposition to the
flow of an electric current, which can then be used to estimate total body water, fat-free body
mass, and body fat
biotin
