mastering A&P 2 group 3 modules 23.14-23.20 DSM
What is meant by the term balanced diet? A balanced diet has equal calorie content from carbohydrates and fats. A balanced diet has all the necessary nutrients without concern for calorie content. A balanced diet supplies all ingredients to maintain homeostasis. A balanced diet has equal amounts of all nutrients.
A balanced diet supplies all ingredients to maintain homeostasis.
Which of the following is NOT a way your body generates or conserves heat? Decreased metabolic rate Shivering Shunting blood flow away from the skin surface Decreased sweat production
Decreased metabolic rate
Why is hypervitaminosis involving water-soluble vitamins relatively uncommon? Excessive amounts of these vitamins are readily absorbed into skeletal muscle tissue. Excessive amounts of these vitamins are readily excreted in the urine. Excessive amounts of these vitamins are stored in the bones. Excessive amounts of these vitamins are stored in adipose tissue.
Excessive amounts of these vitamins are readily excreted in the urine.
The basal metabolic rate (BMR) is __________. 70 cal/hr or 1680 cal/day in the average individual the maximum resting energy of an awake, alert person about 5 kcal/hr for each kilogram of body weight measured by monitoring cardiovascular activity
70 cal/hr or 1680 cal/day in the average individual
During open-heart surgery, which of the following thermoregulatory changes is induced in the patient's body? Hypothermia Sweating Heat exhaustion Nonshivering thermogenesis
Hypothermia
Milk and eggs are complete proteins because they contain __________. more protein than fat the recommended intake of vitamin B12 all the essential fatty acids and amino acids all the essential amino acids in sufficient quantities
all the essential amino acids in sufficient quantities
The minimum resting energy expenditure of an awake, alert person is the __________. nonshivering thermoregulatory mechanism acclimatization kilocalorie basal metabolic rate
basal metabolic rate
The flow and transformation of energy is called __________. oxidation metabolism cellular respiration energetics
energetics
The mechanism of heat loss that involves the skin and alveoli of the lung is _______. radiation conduction evaporation convection
evaporation
The most important factor of good nutrition is obtaining nutrients __________. that meet the recommended daily intakes that are low in fats and high in dietary fiber from the food pyramid in sufficient quantities and qualities
in sufficient quantities and qualities
Before the large vitamin B12 molecule can be absorbed, it must be bound to __________. intrinsic factor vitamin C the gastric epithelium another water-soluble vitamin
intrinsic factor
What is the term for the direct transfer of heat energy through physical contact? Convection Radiation Conduction Evaporation
Conduction
What is a complete protein? It contains all the non-essential amino acids. Its structure is correct. It contains all the amino acids. It contains all the essential amino acids.
It contains all the essential amino acids.
NAD, a key coenzyme used in the process of producing ATP, is produced from which water-soluble vitamin? Vitamin B12 Vitamin B2 Riboflavin Niacin
Niacin
Why are minerals, vitamins, and water classified as essential nutrients? The body cannot synthesize these nutrients in sufficient quantities. All of the listed responses are correct. They are used by the body in large quantities. They are the major providers of calories for the body.
The body cannot synthesize these nutrients in sufficient quantities.
Which vitamin is required for the synthesis of visual pigments? Vitamin D Vitamin K Vitamin C Vitamin A
Vitamin A
An individual's basal metabolic rate ideally represents __________. the amounts of circulating hormones in the body the daily energy expenditures for a given individual genetic differences among ethnic groups the minimum resting energy expenditure of an awake, alert person
the minimum resting energy expenditure of an awake, alert person
