Blood & Health Heroes
Week 11
Week 11
Vitamin K’s primary role in the body is:
blood clotting
The movement of water through a semipermeable membrane toward solutes is called
Osmosis
Bone cells that are responsible for building bone tissue are called:
Osteoblasts
Ariboflavinosis is associated with the decreased absorption of:
Riboflavin
This is the most abundant mineral in the body (99% stored in bones and teeth).
What is calcium?
Vitamin needed for blood clotting
Vitamin K
What mineral can help to lower blood pressure
Potassium
What nutrient increases the absorption rate of calcium
Vitamin D
What are the four D's of Pellegra
Dermatitis, Diarrhea, Dementia, and Death
True or False: Severe iron deficiency causes macrocytic (large-cell) anemia.
What is False? (it causes microcytic anemia)
Deficiency causes megaloblstic anemia AND neural tube defects
Folate
Hyponatremia is associated with:
Overhydration
______ refers to the two-step process in which bone tissue is recycled
Bone remodeling
Trace mineral that helps insulin work better
Chromium
High supplemental doses of this B vitamin can hide a vitamin B12 deficiency.
What is folate?
Lack of intrinsic factor can result in:
Pernicious anemia
The AI for sodium is _____mg per day
1,500mg
The average person will absorb no more than ___mg of calcium at one time.
500
Which vitamin can be made from the amino acid tryptophan
Niacin (60mg tryptophan > 1 mg niacin
True or False: Heme iron is absorbed better than non-heme iron.
What is True?
Which component of blood is essential in transporting oxygen to body cells
Erythrocytes
A____ solution, with a high concentration outside the cell, causes shrinkage of the red blood cell
Hypertonic
Most of the body's phosphorus is stored in:
The bones
The primary role of the B-complex vitamins is to:
Act as coenzymes for energy metabolism
This inorganic substance combines with enzymes to make them active (example: many minerals).
What is a cofactor?