Biochem - minerals

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biochem Quiz sobre Biochem - minerals, criado por Alannah McDonnell em 17-03-2018.
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Questão 1

Questão
What are minerals?
Responda
  • Inorganic elements
  • Organic elements
  • Proteins
  • Substrates found most often in processed foods

Questão 2

Questão
How are major minerals defined?
Responda
  • Inorganic materials
  • Organic materials
  • >100mg per day needed
  • <100mg per day needed

Questão 3

Questão
How are trace minerals defined
Responda
  • Less than 100mg per day needed
  • More than 100mg per day needed
  • Inorganic materials
  • Organic materials

Questão 4

Questão
What do many minerals serve as?
Responda
  • Cofactors essential for enzyme activity
  • Enzymes essential for cofactors activity
  • Nutrients
  • Protein carriers

Questão 5

Questão
Which of these are not trace elements
Responda
  • Iron
  • Copper
  • Zinc
  • Sodium
  • Potassium

Questão 6

Questão
Which of these are not trace elements?
Responda
  • Fluoride
  • Manganese
  • Molybdenum
  • Chloride
  • Calcium
  • Phosphorus

Questão 7

Questão
Which of these are not trace elements?
Responda
  • Selenium
  • Iodine
  • Chromium
  • Magnesium
  • Sulphur

Questão 8

Questão
Which of these are electrolytes?
Responda
  • Sodium
  • Potassium
  • Chloride
  • Fluoride
  • Magnesium

Questão 9

Questão
What are electrolytes essential for?
Responda
  • Nerve conduction
  • Muscle contraction
  • Muscle relaxation
  • Lipid transport
  • Nerve suppressant

Questão 10

Questão
What does balancing electrolytes do?
Responda
  • Helps balance body fluids
  • Makes body fluids irregular
  • Limits lipid movement
  • Limits loss of water

Questão 11

Questão
What is the modern diet?
Responda
  • High in Na low in K
  • High in K low in Na
  • Equal amounts of K and Na
  • Varying amounts of K and Na

Questão 12

Questão
Diets high in what may lower the risk of hyper tension?
Responda
  • Potassium
  • Calcium
  • Magnesium
  • Sodium
  • Fluoride

Questão 13

Questão
How is calcium absorbed in the digestive tract?
Responda
  • Active transport
  • Passive transport

Questão 14

Questão
What is the bioavailability of calcium decreased by?
Responda
  • Tannins
  • Fiber
  • Phytates
  • Oxalates

Questão 15

Questão
What does calcium have a vital role in?
Responda
  • Nerve transmission
  • Muscle contraction
  • Muscle relaxation
  • Blood pressure regulation
  • Release of hormones

Questão 16

Questão
What hormones are important in regulation of blood calcium?
Responda
  • Calcitonin
  • Parathyroid hormone
  • Angiotensin
  • Renin
  • Magnesium

Questão 17

Questão
What is a poor source of magnesium?
Responda
  • Processed foods
  • Leafy green vegetables
  • Nuts
  • Seeds
  • Bananas
  • Wholegrains

Questão 18

Questão
What may provide a significant amount of magnesium?
Responda
  • Hard water
  • Soft water
  • Processed foods

Questão 19

Questão
Which of these is not likely to have a phosphorus deficiency?
Responda
  • Premature infants
  • Vegans
  • Alcoholics
  • Chronic diarrhea patients
  • Healthy people

Questão 20

Questão
What can a phosphorus deficiency lead to?
Responda
  • Bone loss
  • Weakness
  • Loss of appetite
  • Hunger
  • Excessive bone growth

Questão 21

Questão
What is the UL of phosphorus?
Responda
  • 4g/day
  • 12g/day
  • 20g/day

Questão 22

Questão
What can excessive intake of phosphorus lead to?
Responda
  • Bone resorption
  • Breakdown of bone
  • Loss of apetite
  • Diarrhea

Questão 23

Questão
In the digestive tract How much of the magnesium in the diet is absorbed?
Responda
  • About 50%
  • About 10%
  • About 90%
  • About 100%

Questão 24

Questão
When does absorption efficiency of magnesium decrease? (In the digestive tract)
Responda
  • As intake increases
  • As intake decreases
  • Randomly
  • During fasting state

Questão 25

Questão
What enhances absorption of magnesium to a small extent?
Responda
  • Active form of vitamin D
  • Inactive form of vitamin D
  • Vitamin C
  • The active form of vitamin K

Questão 26

Questão
What decreases absorption of magnesium?
Responda
  • Phytate
  • Phylase
  • Vitamin D
  • Magnesium

Questão 27

Questão
What reduces absorption of magnesium?
Responda
  • High dietary calcium
  • Vitamin D
  • Vitamin E
  • Phosphorus

Questão 28

Questão
Where is most of the magnesium in the body?
Responda
  • 50-60% in the bone
  • 50-60% in the intestine
  • 50-60% in the blood
  • 50-60% in the brain

Questão 29

Questão
What is the 2nd most abundant positively charged intracellular ion?
Responda
  • Magnesium
  • Calcium
  • Phosphorus
  • Potassium

Questão 30

Questão
Which of these is not a function of magnesium?
Responda
  • Associated with negatively charged particles
  • Regulation of calcium homeostasis
  • Needed for action of vitamin D, PTH and other hormones
  • A cofactor for over 300 enzymes
  • Breakdown of fat

Questão 31

Questão
What regulates the blood levels of magnesium?
Responda
  • Kidneys
  • Liver
  • Brain
  • Stomach

Questão 32

Questão
When can a deficiency of magnesium occur?
Responda
  • Alcoholism
  • Malnutrition
  • With certain diseases and medications
  • Impaired kidney function

Questão 33

Questão
When may magnesium toxicity occur?
Responda
  • In people with impaired kidney function
  • Alcoholism
  • Malnutrition

Questão 34

Questão
Where is sulfur found in the diet?
Responda
  • In organic molecules
  • In some inorganic food preservatives
  • In bananas
  • In bread

Questão 35

Questão
What is zinc?
Responda
  • An enzyme
  • A protein
  • A carbohydrate

Questão 36

Questão
What issues occur with excess zinc?
Responda
  • Lowered immune function
  • Reduced concentration of HDL cholesterol
  • Polyuria
  • Polydipsia
  • Impaired iron absorption
  • Impaired copper absorption

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