Sources/Absorption/Storage
Sources of vitamin E
What is... (any of the following)
Seeds (sunflower seeds)
Nuts (ex. peanuts, almonds)
Cooking oils (ex. sunflower oil, olive oil)
Avocados
The earliest manifestion of vitamin A deficiency.
What is "Night blindness"
The name of vitamin D related enzyme produced in the kidney (stimulated by PTH during low calcium levels)
What is "1-a hydroxylase"
Vitamin with anti-inflammatory + anti-fibrotic properties important in immune system regulation
What is "vitamin D"
Where vitamin A is stored
What is "liver/perisinusoidal space"
Cardiovascular complication of vitamin K deficiency
What is "vascular calcification/arterial calcification/arterial stiffness"
The primary function of vitamin E
What is "protection from free radicals/antioxidant"
Term for active vitamin D
What is "Calcitriol"
Intestinal absorption of calcium is stimulated by this compound
What is "calcitriol"
Found on the eyes of vitamin D deficient individuals
What are "bitot spots"
Coagulation factors which rely on vitamin K
II, VII, IX and X
The type of tissue that relies on vitamin A for proper differentiation.
What is "epithelial"
Disruption of this community leads to vitamin K deficiency
What is "colonic microbiota/bacteria"
How vitamin D deficiency manifests in the skeletal system in children vs in adults
What is "Rickets vs Osteomalacia"
A visual pigment and GPCR in retinal rod cells that is activated by exposure to light
What is Rhodopsin
RBC morphological finding in vitamin E deficiency
What is "Acanthocytosis"
First step in vitamin D absorption
What is "integration into lipoproteins/chylomicrons"
These tracts become demyelinated in vitamin E deficiency
What are "Posterior column (PCML tract) & spinocerebellar tract"
(Loss of proprioception, fine touch, and vibration senses in upper and lower limbs leads to ataxia)
Vitamin acts as this in order to stimulate bone mineralization
What is "transcription factor"
The two forms of vitamin K
What are "Phytonadione" and "Menaquinone"