Vitamins & Vitamin Deficiencies Exam 1 updated 2024 with Correct Answers

Vitamins & Vitamin
Deficiencies Exam 1 updated
2024 with Correct Answers


What are the Function of Vitamins? - Answer Regulate many body functions



What are the Water Soluble Vitamins? - Answer Vitamin B & C

B1 Thiamine

B2 Riboflavin

B3 Niacin

B6 Pyridoxine

B12 Cobalmin

C Ascorbic Acid



What is the Function of Vitamin B1 Thiamine? - Answer Needed to release energy
from CHO

Nerve & Heart function

, What is the Function of Vitamin E? - Answer Intracellular antioxidant

May have a role as a coenzyme



What are the sources of Vitamin E? - Answer Vegetable oil

Seed oil



What will a Deficiency of Vitamin E cause? - Answer Increased RBC hemolysis

Muscle lesions



What is the Function of Vitamin K? - Answer - Formation of prothrombin &
coagulant factors

- Normal blood clotting



What will a Deficiency of Vitamin K cause? - Answer Defective clotting mechanism



What Diet/Food causes Beriberi? - Answer Occurs with people whose staple food
is Polished Rice



What are the 2 types of Beriberi & which one is more common? - Answer Dry
Beriberi & Wet Beriberi