Exam 19: Nutrition and Metabolism

Explain the two conditions that occur when the body is unable to keep itself sufficiently warm.

One difference between vitamins and minerals is that vitamins are organic compounds and minerals are inorganic compounds.

Which of the following proteins produced by the liver is not involved in blood clot formation?

Explain the role of the hepatic portal system in helping to maintain a constant source of nutrients for the body.

What are vitamins and what is their function in the body?

Which hormone raises blood sugar levels?

The transfer of heat energy to the air that is flowing away from the body defines convection.

What is the result of fat anabolism?

The condition scurvy results from a lack of vitamin

Match each of the following vitamins with its function. -helps maintain epithelial tissue and produces visual pigments

MATCHING Match each term with its corresponding definition or description. -term that refers to food entering the cell and undergoing many chemical changes

In most people,protein anabolism occurs at a greater rate than protein catabolism.

Minerals are helpful in maintaining good health,but they are not as necessary as vitamins.

One difference between vitamins and minerals is that vitamins attach to enzymes and minerals attach to cell membrane receptors.

Bile is made in the liver and breaks down fat to glycerol and fatty acids.

The hypersecretion of insulin by the pancreas can lead to diabetes mellitus.

Even though they are not used for energy or structure,vitamins and minerals are required for proper nutrition.

Both marasmus and kwashiorkor result from an insufficient number of calories in the diet.

Match each disorder with its corresponding definition or description. -the inability to maintain normal body temperatures in very cold environmental conditions; characterized by a body temperature lower than 95° F

The end product of glycolysis is the starting substance of the citric acid cycle.