Macrominerals (Na, K, Ca, Mg, P, Cl) US Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
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Macrominerals (Na, K, Ca, Mg, P, Cl) Flashcard Deck - 10 Cards
Flashcard 1: The plasma anion gap represents unmeasured ions in serum and is equal to _____
Answer: [Na+] - ([HCO3-] + [Cl-]) (formula)
Flashcard 2: ATP synthase inhibitors cause a(n) _____ proton gradient and a block of ATP synthesis
Answer: increased
Flashcard 3: A patient with thyroid deiodinase deficiency would mimic which mineral deficiency?_____
Answer: Iodine deficiency, due to inability recycle iodine
Flashcard 4: Vitamin C excess may cause _____ nephrolithiasis
Answer: calcium oxalate
Flashcard 5: PTH stimulates the renal enzyme _____, which converts 25-hydroxycholecalciferol to the active form, 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol (vitamin D)
Answer: 1-hydroxylase
Flashcard 6: vitamin B2 (riboflavin)
Answer: component of FADH2, cofactor in redox
Extra: angular chelitis
Flashcard 7: vitamin B3 (niacin)
Answer: component of NAD+, NADP+, cofactor in redox
Extra:
Flashcard 8: What precursors and cofactors are needed to make vitamin B3 (niacin)?
Answer: derived from tryptophan, vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) acts as cofactor
Flashcard 9: vitamin B5 (pantothenate)
Answer: component of CoA
Extra: dermatitis, enteritis, alopecia, adrenal insufficiency
Flashcard 10: vitamin B6 (pyridoxine)
Answer: component of pyridoxal phosphate;
cofactor in transamination and decarboxylation,;
synthesis of many neurotransmitters
Extra: convulsions, hyperirratibility, peripheral neuropathy, sideroblastic anemia
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