Nutrient Deficiencies
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This quiz is designed to assess your knowledge relating to nutrient deficiencies.
- 1.Rickets is a disease caused by lack of vitamin K.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 2.Scurvy is a disease caused by lack of vitamin C.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.Polished rice contains enough thiamin to prevent beriberi.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.If deficiency of this nutrient is prolonged paralysis and potentially fatal heart disturbances may result.
- A.
A. thiamin
- B.
B. iron
- C.
C. niacin
- D.
D. folate
- 5.When the nutrient team consisting of sodium, chloride, and potassium is not working together properly to control osmosis which condition can result?
- A.
A. hypertension
- B.
B. beriberi
- C.
C. goiter
- D.
D. anemia
- 6.Not getting the proper daily intake of fiber can cause which of the following?
- A.
A. pellagra
- B.
B. diabetes
- C.
C. protein-energy malnutrition
- D.
D. constipation
- 7.If the diet does not contain enough protein and calories, a condition called _______________ may result.
- A.
A. cretenism
- B.
B. protein-energy malnutrition
- C.
C. beriberi
- D.
D. scurvy
- 8.When the eyes become sensitive to light and an individual has a reduced ability to see in dim light they may be suffering from nightblindness. Night blindness is a result of not getting enough_____________.
- A.
A. vitamin A
- B.
B. vitamin D
- C.
C. vitamin C
- D.
D. vitamin K
- 9.Which disease is the result of a vitamin D deficiency?
- A.
A. rickets
- B.
B. scurvy
- C.
C. dietary antioxidant
- D.
D. pellagra
- 10.Skin lesions and digestive problems are the first symptoms of ______________which is a disease caused by too little niacin in the diet.
- A.
A. pellagra
- B.
B. anemia
- C.
C. malnutrition
- D.
D. hypertension
- 11.If a person is diagnosed as being anemic, which trace element should they consume more of in their daily diet?
- A.
A. fluorine
- B.
B. iodine
- C.
C. iron
- D.
D. zinc
- 12.The visible enlargement of the thyroid gland is called a goiter. Too little intake of which of the following trace elements contributes to this condition?
- A.
A. fluorine
- B.
B. iron
- C.
C. iodine
- D.
D. zinc
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