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Chapter 8. Access the NIH's osteoporosis fact sheet. Type out the questions and answer the following: 1. Who does osteoporosis affect more, men or women? 2. Does low bone mass (low bone density) put a person a risk for osteoporosis? 3. In the US today, how many people have osteoporosis? How many of them are men? 4. Most fractures are to three main areas. What are those areas? 5. How is bone described? 6. What proteins and minerals are found in bone? 7. What is peak bone mass? 8. At what approximate age is peak bone mass achieved? 9. List five risk factors for osteoporosis that you can not change. 10. List seven risk factors for osteoporosis that you may be able to change. 11. What are four advantages to having your doctor test your bone mineral density?
Chapter 7. Type out the questions and the answers to the following using the article provided. The paper you hand in will count as a quiz grade. Questions on the material will be on EXAM 3. Answer the following from: How B Vitamins Work. 1. How many vitamins are included in the class of "B vitamins"? 2. What is the name for vitamin B1? 3. What is a disease prevented by adequate intake of B1 AND what are the symptoms of the disease? 4. Are vitamins organic or inorganic molecules? 5. What is a catalyst? 6. How are vitamins important to catalysts? 7. Which vitamins are made, or partially made, in our bodies? 8. List the B vitamins and put their name next to them. 9. List the 8 functions of B vitamins as presented in the reading in the bulleted list. 10. Thiamine is required for the production of which neurotransmitter? 11. Why is thiamine deficiency common in alcoholics? 12. List the food sources of vitamins presented to you in the reading. You can present the information as a bulleted list. 13. What are the functions of riboflavin? 14. What conditions may occur as a result of riboflavin deficiency? 15. In what foods can you find riboflavin? 16. What are the alternate names for niacin? 17. A deficiency of niacin causes pellagra. What is pellagra? 18. In what foods can niacin be found? 19. What happens if you take in too much niacin? 20. What are the alternate names for pyridoxine? 21. What functions does pyridoxine carry out? 22. What does a pyridoxine deficiency cause? 23. Has research supported the claim that vitamin B6 can lessen the symptoms of premenstrual syndrome? 24. In what foods can pyroxidine be found? 25. Why is cyanocobalamin necessary? 26. Some individuals are not able to produce intrinsic factor. How does that failure relate to vitamin B12? (What does that mean for absorption, what disorder results, how is it treated….) 27. What are good food sources of vitamin B12? 28. What are the alternate names for folic acid? 29. Which other B vitamin does folic acid need to act in conjunction with? 30. What non-B vitamin does folic acid work with? 31. What is caused by a deficiency in folic acid? 32. In what populations is folic acid deficiency more common? 33. What are good food sources of folic acid? 34. What can happen if you take in too much folic acid? 35. What are the functions of pantothenic acid? 36. What disorder is associated with pantothenic acid deficiency? 37. In what foods can pantothenic acid be found? 38. What are good food sources of biotin?
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