Vitamins

Question 1

Which vitamins are fat soluble?

Answer 1

A, D, E, K

Question 2

Which vitamins are water soluble?

Answer 2

B, C

Question 3

What is vitamin A called?

Answer 3

Retinol `

Question 4

What are D vitamins called?

Answer 4

Calciferols

Question 5

What are the E vitamins called?

Answer 5

Tocopherols

Question 6

What are the K vitamins called?

Answer 6

Quinones

Question 7

What is vitamin B1 called?

Answer 7

Thiamin

Question 8

What is vitamin B2 called?

Answer 8

Riboflavin

Question 9

What is vitamin B3 called?

Answer 9

Nicotinic acid

Question 10

What is vitamin B5 called?

Answer 10

Pantothenic acid

Question 11

What is vitamin B6 called?

Answer 11

Pyridoxine

Question 12

What is vitamin B7 called?

Answer 12

Biotin

Question 13

What is vitamin B9 called?

Answer 13

Folic acid

Question 14

What is vitamin B12 called?

Answer 14

Cyanocobalamin

Question 15

What is vitamin C called?

Answer 15

Ascorbic acid

Question 16

What are provitamins?

Answer 16

Compounds that become vitamins after undergoing a chemical reaction

Question 17

What happened to B4/B8/B10/B11?

Answer 17

All turned out to be same as the other vitamins discovered

Question 18

How are vitamins destroyed?

Answer 18

Oxidation by heat/light/iron

Question 19

What is avitaminosis?

Answer 19

A total absence of a vitamin

Question 20

What is it called if there is too much or too little of a vitamin?

Answer 20

Hypervitaminosis or hypovitaminosis

Question 21

What are the metabolic functions of retinol?

Answer 21

Retinal function
Formation of epithelial and mucous membranes
Bone growth
Immunity

Question 22

Vitamin does not need to be supplied daily as it is stored in the body. Where is vitamin A stored?

Answer 22

Liver

Question 23

The provitamin of retinol is B carotene. What are sources of B carotene?

Answer 23

Plants

Grass

Question 24

What are the sources of retinol?

Answer 24

Cod liver oil
Milk fat
Egg yolk

Question 25

What does hypervitaminosis of retinol cause?

Answer 25

Lameness Weight loss Poor coat

Question 26

What are the symptoms of hypovitaminosis of retinol?

Answer 26

Scurvy Scaly skin Night blindness

Question 27

What are the metabolic function of calciferols?

Answer 27

Promote calcium ion absorption in the lumen | Regulate calcium and phosphorus

Question 28

What are sources of calciferols?

Answer 28

Egg yolk Fish oil Colostrum Sunlight

Question 29

What are the results of calciferols deficiencies?

Answer 29

Rickets (weak bones) Osteomalacia Poor eggs

Question 30

Vitamin E has little reserves in the body so is provided by diet. What foods are good sources of tocopherols?

Answer 30

Grass/vegetables | Cereals

Question 31

What are the function of tocopherols?

Answer 31

Biological antioxidant Reproductive function Muscle and capillary integrity

Question 32

A deficiency in tocopherols causes what?

Answer 32

Cardiac disease Brain damage Lameness has Myopathy (muscles do not function)

Question 33

What are sources of quinones?

Answer 33

Greens Egg yolk Liver fish Gut bacteria

Question 34

What are the metabolic functions of quinones?

Answer 34

Clotting of blood | Bone and kidney function

Question 35

What are signs of quinones deficiency?

Answer 35

Delayed blood clotting | Anaemia

Question 36

What are the functions of B vitamins?

Answer 36

Pathway of cellular respiration Pathway of energy transfer Co-enzymes

Question 37

What are sources of vitamin B?

Answer 37

Liver Yeast Greens Cereals

Question 38

What does thiamin do? What happens if there is a deficiency?

Answer 38

B1 Initiate nerve impulses | Paralysis, blindness, CCN

Question 39

What does riboflavin do? What happens if there is a deficiency?

Answer 39

B2 Oxidative phosphorylation and proton transport | Poor appetite, growth and vomiting

Question 40

What happens if there is a deficiency in pyridoxine? Why is this rare?

Answer 40

B6 Neural degeneration and jerky gait | It is found in milk

Question 41

What is the function of cyanocobalamin? What are the signs of a deficiency in young animals?

Answer 41

B12 Coenzyme in respiration Poor growth

Question 42

What is the function of ascorbic acid?

Answer 42

Collagen formation Antioxidant Metabolic redox

Question 43

Most animals can synthesise ascorbic acid. Which animals cannot?

Answer 43

Primates Guinea pigs Fruit bats

Question 44

What does a deficiency in ascorbic acid cause?

Answer 44

``` Scurvy Muscle joint pain Weight loss Red dots on skin Diarrhoea ```