What is the diet where foods that require little chewing and are easy to digest can be eaten?
Soft diet
100
What is the condition in which bones become porous and break easily?
Osteroporosis
100
What are organic compounds that are essential to life?
Vitamins
100
What is the vitamin whose functions are the following:
normal clotting of blood
formation of prothrombin
Vitamin K
100
What is the abbreviation for Chlorine?
Cl
200
What is the diet used for patients with diabetes mellitus?
Diabetic diet
200
What is the condition in which arteries are narrowed by the accumulation of fatty substances on their inner surfaces?
Atherosclerosis
200
What is the major source of readily usable human energy?
Carbohydrates
200
What is the vitamin whose functions are the following:
metabolism of proteins
production of healthy red blood cells
maintains nerve tissue
Vitamin B12
200
What is the abbreviation for Iron?
Fe
300
What is the diet that includes both clear liquids and full liquids?
Liquid Diet
300
What is the state of poor nutrition?
Malnutrition
300
Cellulose
What is the fibrous, indigestible form of plant carbohydrate?
300
What is the other name for Vitamin A?
Retinol
300
What is the mineral whose functions are the following:
fluid balance, acid-base balance
regulates muscles and nerves
glucose (sugar) absorption
Sodium(Na)
400
What is the diet that consist of easily digested foods that do not irritate the digestive tract?
Bland Diet
400
What is high blood pressure?
Hypertension
400
What is a sterol lipid found in body cells and animal products?
Cholesterol
400
What is the other name for Riboflavin?
B2
400
What is the mineral whose functions are the following:
develops/maintains bones and teeth
clotting of the blood
normal heart and muscle action
nerve function
Calcium (Ca)
500
What is the diet that requires patients to avoid or limit adding salt to food and avoid smoked meats of fish, processed foods, pickles, olives, sauerkraut, and some processed cheeses?
Sodium- Restricted Diet
500
What is the metabolic disease caused by an insufficient secretion or utilization of insulin leading to an increased level of glucose in the blood?
Diabetes Mellitus
500
What is the basic component of all body cells?
Proteins
500
What are the four fat-soluble vitamins?
Vitamin A (Retinol), Vitamin D (Calciferol), Vitamin E (Tocopherol), Vitamin K
500
What is the mineral whose functions are the following:
fluid balance
regular heart rhythm
cell metabolism
proper nerve function
regulates contraction of muscles