Abbreviations
Chemistry
Deficiencies
Energy
A & P
100

The chemical element K.

What is potassium?

100

Lipids are made up of three elements.

What is hydrogen, carbon and oxygen?

100

Vitamin D deficiency disease.

What is rickets?

100

The definition of kilocarie.

What is the amount of heat (energy) needed to raise the temperature of one kg of water by one degree Celsius?

100

Organ that stores bile.

What is gallbladder?

200
CBC, a type of blood test.

What is complete blood count?

200

TRUE/FALSE: Trans Fatty Acids are saturated fats.

What is false?

200

Thiamin deficiency disease.

What is beriberi?

200

The three non-energy providing nutrients.

What is vitamins, minerals and water?

200

Wavelike movement that moves food through the digestive system.

What is peristalsis?

300

DRI, the amount of nutrients that need to be consumed per day.

What is dietary reference intake?

300

Saturated fats consist of how many double bonds.

What is zero?

300

Two forms of protein energy malnutrition.

What is kwashiokor and marasmus?

300

Which of the following is most commonly oxidized for energy?
(fructose, glucose, galactose or sucrose)

What is glucose?

300

Organ that is the first line of defense in infection; known as the blood cell graveyard.

What is the spleen?

400

UL, the maximum nutrient intake that is likely to pose no risk.

What is tolerable upper intake level?

400

The five steps in the scientific method.

What is Observation, Hypothesis, Experiment, Results, Theory?

400

Vitamin A deficiency disease.

What is xerophthalmia?

400

Energy yield from macronutrients: CHO, Fat & Protein.

CHO: 4kcal/g

Fat: 9kcal/g

Protein: 4kcal/g

400

Small air sacs of the lungs where gas exchange takes place.

What is alveoli?

500

MG and MCG, common units of measurement.

What is milligram and microgram?

500

The AI for vitamin K for adult women. 

(30, 75, 90 or 120)

What is 90?

500

The two essential fatty acids required in the diet for good health but that cannot be synthesized in the body.

What is linoleic and alpha-linoleic acids?

500

Which tissue cannot store glycogen or lipids for energy?
(nervous, skeletal muscle, liver or cardiac)

What is nervous tissue?

500

Scientific names for red blood cells and white blood cells.

What is erythrocytes and leukocytes?

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