Metabolic Spring test 1| 207 questions| with complete solutions
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What are two different iodine deficiency disorders? correct answer: Goiter and Cretinism
What are some symptoms of calcium deficiency? correct answer: paresthesias, tetany, and when severe, seizures, encephalopathy, heart failure
What is the difference between Menke's and Wilson's Disease? ...
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Metabolic Spring test 1| 207 questions| with
complete solutions
What are two different iodine deficiency disorders? correct
answer: Goiter and Cretinism
What are some symptoms of calcium deficiency? correct
answer: paresthesias, tetany, and when severe, seizures,
encephalopathy, heart failure
What is the difference between Menke's and Wilson's Disease?
correct answer: Menke's (ATP7A gene) -> copper deficiency
Wilson's (ATP7B gene) -> copper accumulation/excess
What is the name for the "classic" calcium deficiency syndrome
in adults? correct answer: Osteoporosis
(True or False) Phosphorous deficiency is common. correct
answer: FALSE, very rare
(True or False) Mild niacin deficiency can cause an intolerance
to cold. correct answer: TRUE, because there is a slower
metabolism.
Beri-beri is a deficiency in what vitamin? correct answer:
Thiamin
Pellagra is a deficiency in what vitamin? correct answer: Niacin
,Ariboflavinosis is a deficiency in what vitamin? correct answer:
Riboflavin
(True or False) Vitamin K genetic deficiency can results in
bleeding, bruising, and skeletal deformities correct answer:
TRUE
What are some symptoms of magnesium deficiency? correct
answer: seizures, muscle weakness/wasting, spasms in hands
and feet, dysrhythmias, depression
Anemia can be caused by what other factors besides iron
deficiency? correct answer: infectious diseases, copper
deficiency, and thalassemia
Why is it so important to maintain healthy levels of folate during
the development/growth stages? correct answer: a deficiency
can create problems in cell division/specialization and synthesis
(True or False) Zinc deficiency results in immune impairment.
correct answer: TRUE
What are some symptoms of sodium deficiency? correct answer:
muscle cramps, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, shock, coma, death
One of the symptoms of B6 deficiency is seizures and
convulsions because there is no what? correct answer: GABA
(True or False) Only deficiencies in Vitamin A can cause birth
defects such as limb development and heart/eyes/ears formation
correct answer: FALSE, excesses in Vit A can do the same
, What conditions are associated with manganese deficiency?
correct answer: epilepsy and schizophrenia
What are the three D's of niacine deficiency? correct answer:
dermatitis, diarrhea, and dementia
(True or False) Folic acid, B6, and B12 deficiency lead to lower
homocysteine levels. correct answer: FALSE
Restless leg syndrome is associated with the deficiency of what
mineral? correct answer: Iron
What is the term for sodium deficiency? correct answer:
Hyponatremia
How does a deficiency in copper affect iron stores? correct
answer: copper assists in converting Fe2+ to Fe3+ (by means of
the copper protein ceruloplasmin) so that it can be transported
and in the body, without it iron will accumulate in the brain
What is the mechanism in which Type 2 Diabetes can cause a
magnesium deficiency? correct answer: high glucose causes
osmotic diuresis and magnesium loss
(True or False) Vitamin C deficiency is going to make people
utilize more fatty acids. correct answer: TRUE.
How does a deficiency in chloride affect blood clots? correct
answer: clots are weaker
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