VITAMINS AND MINERALS Flashcards
(20 cards)
THIAMINE
DEF= BERIIBERI
NEURO SIGNS, BLINDNESS, MOONGAZING
B1
COBALAMIN
B12
NOT REEQ IF COBALT IS SUFFICIENT
IN EXCESS CAUSES IODINE DEF (INTERFERES WITH ABSORPTION LEADING TO GOITER)
FOLATE
B9
CLOSING OF THE NEURO TUBE
ASCORBIC ACID
VITAMIN C - GUINEA PIGS CANT SYNTHESIZE
DEF= SCURVEY
VITAMIN A
RETINOL
DEF- POOR GROWTH, NIGHT BLINDNESS
EXCESS- STORAGE IN LIVER
VITAMIN D
DEF= RICKETS, OSTEOMALACIA
VIT E
ANTIOXIDANT
VIT K
CLOTTING, COAGULATION
SYNTHESIZED BY RUMINAL BACTERIA
RIBOFLAVIN
B2
NIACIN
B3
PELLAGRA
THE FOUR DS OF PELLAGRA
DEMENTIA
DIARRHEA
DEATH
DERMATITIS
POTASSIUM
MOST ABUNDANT EXTRACELLULAR CATION
CHLORINE
MAIN EXTRACELLULAR ANION
CA:P CAN BE UP TO WHAT RATIO IN CHX
13:1
MG DEFICIENCY
GRASS TETANY
INJECT PIG WITH ___ AT BIRTH TO PREVENT ANEMIA
IRON
SHEEP ARE SENSITIVE TO WHAT TOXICITY
COPPER
MANGNESE DEFICIENCY
SCALY SKIN
DEFICIENCY OF ___ AND ___ LEADS TO WHITE MUSCLE DISEASE
SELENIUM
VIT E
TOXIC METALS
ALUMINUM ARSENIC CODMIUM MERCURY LEAD