Water/electrolytes
The two electrolytes that enable nerves to respond to stimuli.
What are sodium and potassium
Common name for vitamin B3
What is Niacin
Vitamin synthesized by bacteria in the intestine.
What are vitamin K
Cause of Goiter
What is high or low iodine in diet.
Major intracellular cation
What is potassium
The "thirst center" which signals us to intake fluid.
What is the hypothalamus.
The anti-infective vitamin
What is vitamin A
Causes megaloblastic anemia and neural defects.
What is folic acid/folate/vit. B9
Formed from Iodine and tyrosine
What is thyroid hormone
The location of 99% of calcium in the body.
What is bone (+ teeth).
Location of most of the body water.
What is intracellular fluid.
Vitamin D deficiency condition in children
What is rickets.
Condition caused by thiamine (B1) deficiency
What is beriberi
List of 4 trace minerals
What are iron, zinc, fluorine, chromium, sulfur, selenium, iodine, manganese, copper
Condition characterized by eating odd items not considered food.
What is pica
An adrenal gland hormone which is involved in body water balance due to its effect on salt.
What is aldosterone.
Vitamin C deficiency condition
What is scurvy
Symptoms of pellagra
What are the 4ds- Dementia, Dermatitis, Diarrhea, Death
Iron deficiency condition resulting in small red blood cells with less hemoglobin than normal
What is microcytic anemia
Hormones involved in calcium homeostasis.
What are calcitonin, parathyroid hormone and calcitriol.
What happens to a red blood cell if it is placed in a hypertonic saline solution?
What is shrink.
Causes Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome.
What is vitamin B1 (thiamine) deficiency
Vitamin B12 (cobalomin/cyanocobalomin) is essential for its proper functioning.
What are nerve cells
Mineral implicated in the autoimmune condition "Graves disease".
What is iodine
The DASH program
What is Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension by healthy eating to lower blood pressure.