L2-4

Question 1

Give the two names for the anticoagulant medication

Answer 1

COU-MA-DIN

WAR-FARIN

Question 2

if you clot easily, you have a higher risk for (2 diseases)

Answer 2

stroke

heart attack

Question 3

in the past, patients were told NOT to eat “”

now what are they told

Answer 3

not to eat VIT K containing veggies

now they are told to take a consistent amount of VIT K containing veggies a day AND doctors adjust meds to the diet

Question 4

what’s an example of a VIT K containing veggie that used to be restricted

Answer 4

leafy green

Question 5

Fat soluble vitamins in general are stored BUT VIT K…

Answer 5

BUT VIT K is not recycled very well, so you have to replenish it with your diet

Question 6

PROTHROMBIN, THROMBIN, FIBRINOGEN, and FIBRIN are called what

Answer 6

clotting factors

Question 7

COUMADIN is an “” medicine

what does this mean

Answer 7

anti-coagulation

COUMADIN interferes with VIT K and disrupts blood clotting factors

Question 8

foods that contain VIT E

VIT K

VIT D

Answer 8

Vit E = vegetable oils

Vit K = deeply colored veggies AND some oils

VIT D =

1) eggs
2) fatty fish
3) milk bc VIT D is added to milk

Question 9

what VIT is important for proper bone health

why

Answer 9

VIT K

VIT K is used in laying down healthy bone

Question 10

which of the 4 clotting factors requires VIT K for formation?

Answer 10

PRO-THROM-BIN

Question 11

VIT K is “” laying down healthy bone

Answer 11

used in

Question 12

deficiency of iodine is called

this diseases causes what

Answer 12

GOITER

causes the enlargement of the thyroid gland