Macrominerals
Vocab
Vocab II
True or False?
Misc.
100
True or False: Minerals are considered organic compounds
False
100
A compound with a pH lower than 7
What is an Acid
100
A substance that acts with enzymes to increase enzyme activity
What is a cofactor
100
Minerals are considered Organic Compounds
What is False?
100
Give an example of a source of heme iron.
What is any animal protein food.
200
There are seven macrominerals. Name at least 4
What is Calcium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Sulfur, Sodium, Potassium, and Chlorine
200
A term used to express a substance's acidity or alkalinity
What is pH
200
A hormone produces by the thyroid gland that helps control metabolism
What is Thyroxine
200
Women are affected by osteoperosis more than men.
What is true
200
What disorder is associated with sodium retention?
What is hypertension?
300
This is the macromineral found in the greatest quantity in your body.
What is Calcium
300
The movement of water across a semipermeable membrane to equalize the concentrations of solution on each side of the membrane
What is Osmosis
300
A spotty discoloration of teeth caused by high flouride intake
What is fluorosis
300
Selenium functions as an antioxidant
What is true. (It works with Vitamin E to help reduce damage to cell membranes due to exposure to oxygen)
300
What food is a good source of Iodine?
What is Lobster, shrimp, oysters and other types of seafood
400
Having to much of this Macromineral reduces calcium absorption.
What is Calcium?
400
Severe mental retardation and dwarfed physical features of an infant caused by the mother's iodine deficiency during pregnancy.
What is cretinism
400
An enlargement of the thyroid gland
What is a goiter
400
Because alcohol increases magnesium absorption, alcoholics are at increased risk of magnesium toxicity
What is false. Alcohol increases excretion, so alcoholics are at greater risk of Magnesium deficiency.
400
What are the symptoms of iron-deficiency anemia? Name at least three symptoms.
What is pale skin, fatigue, loss of appetite, and a tendency to feel cold.
500
This is the amount required in a diet that would cause a mineral to be classified as a macromineral.
What is 100 or more mg/day
500
An iron-containing protein that helps red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to cells throughout the body
What is hemoglobin
500
An iron-containing protein that helps red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to cells throughout the body
What is myoglobin?
500
Chromium helps the body make hemoglobin and collagen
What is False. Chromium works with insulin in glucose metabolism
500
Which micromineral is particularly important during periods of rapid growth and sexual development?
What is Zinc
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