Abbreviations
The chemical element K.
What is potassium?
Lipids are made up of three elements.
What is hydrogen, carbon and oxygen?
Vitamin D deficiency disease.
What is rickets?
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?
Organ that stores bile.
What is gallbladder?
What is complete blood count?
TRUE/FALSE: Trans Fatty Acids are saturated fats.
What is false?
Thiamin deficiency disease.
What is beriberi?
The three non-energy providing nutrients.
What is vitamins, minerals and water?
Wavelike movement that moves food through the digestive system.
What is peristalsis?
DRI, the amount of nutrients that need to be consumed per day.
What is dietary reference intake?
Saturated fats consist of how many double bonds.
What is zero?
Two forms of protein energy malnutrition.
What is kwashiokor and marasmus?
Which of the following is most commonly oxidized for energy?
(fructose, glucose, galactose or sucrose)
What is glucose?
Organ that is the first line of defense in infection; known as the blood cell graveyard.
What is the spleen?
UL, the maximum nutrient intake that is likely to pose no risk.
What is tolerable upper intake level?
The five steps in the scientific method.
What is Observation, Hypothesis, Experiment, Results, Theory?
Vitamin A deficiency disease.
What is xerophthalmia?
Energy yield from macronutrients: CHO, Fat & Protein.
CHO: 4kcal/g
Fat: 9kcal/g
Protein: 4kcal/g
Small air sacs of the lungs where gas exchange takes place.
What is alveoli?
MG and MCG, common units of measurement.
What is milligram and microgram?
The AI for vitamin K for adult women.
(30, 75, 90 or 120)
What is 90?
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?
Which tissue cannot store glycogen or lipids for energy?
(nervous, skeletal muscle, liver or cardiac)
What is nervous tissue?
Scientific names for red blood cells and white blood cells.
What is erythrocytes and leukocytes?