Metabolism — Flashcards

Flashcard 381: McArdle disease may present with red-colored urine due to _____

Answer: myoglobinuria

Extra: Atlas:

Flashcard 382: What acute phase reactant is upregulated during inflammation to prevent iron release from macrophages and enterocytes? _____

Answer: Hepcidin

Flashcard 383: Which amino acids are the precursors to catecholamines and melanin? _____

Answer: Tyrosine, Phenylalanine

Flashcard 384: Vitamin _____ excess increases risk of necrotizing enterocolitis in infants

Answer: E

Flashcard 385: Vitamin C keeps iron in the _____ state which increases absorption

Answer: Fe2+

Flashcard 386: Alkaptonuria is a metabolic disorder associated with _____-colored urine after prolonged exposure to air

Answer: black

Flashcard 387: Regeneration of 11-cis retinal (from all-trans retinal) requires vitamin _____

Answer: A

Flashcard 388: Vitamin B2 deficiency is characterized by _____ and corneal vascularization

Answer: cheilosis

Flashcard 389: Pyruvate may be converted to _____ via the enzyme pyruvate carboxylase

Answer: oxaloacetate

Extra: Other:

Flashcard 390: D-dimers are derived from splitting of _____

Answer: cross-linked fibrin