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15 Cards in this Set
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Vitamin D
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helps regulate calcium and bone metabolism (rickets)
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Vitamin A
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maintaining vision (blindness, xeropthlamia)
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Potassium
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Helps muscle contraction (irregular heart beat)
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Niacin
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hydrogen carrier that participates in hundreds of metabolic reactions in the cell. Like other B-vitamins, it is involved in all reactions transforming food energy to ATP
(Pellagra) |
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Thiamin
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removes carbon from intermediates of energy metabolism to form CO2, which is exhaled into the air (beri beri)
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Riboflavin
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participates in energy transformation to ATP
(alcoholics) |
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Vitamin E
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protect cell membranes, DNA, and other electron dense areas in the cell from free radical damage
(Premature Infants) |
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Sodium
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Helps transmission of nerve impulses, maintains acid base balance, maintains fluid balance.
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Chloride
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Helps balance sodium + potassium
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Vitamin C
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promote the synthesis of collagen, a protein that is found in connective tissues, bones, teeth, tendons, and blood vessels (scurvy)
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B12
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control folate metabolism
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Zinc
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helps protein and DNA synthesis
(poor growth) |
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Iron
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Helps oxygen transport
(anemia) |
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Magnesium
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Muscle contraction and use of ATP
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Folate
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Supply or accept single carbon compounds
(prevents neutral tube defects) |
