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When water is outside of a cell it is part of the e€xtracellular fluid.
Answer 1:
Correctl Extracellular
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Question 2 0/0 pts
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Plant pigments that play an important role in preventing cardiovascular
disease:
provitamin A carotenoids
Carotenoids
carotenoids
Be familiar with all outlined aspects of the B and C vitamins, including
benefits, effects of deficiencies, and primary food sources containing each
vitamin.
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For each fat soluble vitamin, provide the following information:
the common forms of the vitamin, whether or not the body can produce
the vitamin, what the vitamin does within the body, what are the results of
a deficiency of the vitamin, whether or not an overabundance of the
vitamin may be harmful, and what foods are rich in the vitamin?
Vitamin A
Vitamin D
Vitamin E
Your Answer:
Vitamin A- preformed (produced by body) or provitamin A Carotenoids
(from plants), helps eyes adjust to light, deficiency causes dry eyes, leafy
greens and yellow/orange fruit
Vitamin D- ergocalciferol (synthetic) and cholecalciferol (made by body),
regulates calcium and bone metabolism, immune system, skin
development, blood pressure, deficiency causes bone weakness, fish,
eggs, butter, yogurt
Vitamin E-alpha-tocopherol(in body) or gamma-tocopherol (in plants),
antioxidant, protection from free radicals, too much can interfere with vit K
and lead to hemorrhages, oil, eggs, nuts, grains
Question 4
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When water moves from inside the cell to outside the cell it does so by
which process?
Correct! Osmosis
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Question 5 0/0pts
Choose two minerals, one from each major class. Describe the
symptoms of a deficiency in the mineral and suggest a way in which the
deficiency may be avoided.
Your Answer:
Magnesium - major mineral - seizures, muscle pain, weakness, increase
meat and dairy consumption
Iron - trace mineral - anemia, fatigue, consume more animal products or
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