Vitamins
View linked note
Call Kai
Learn
Practice Test
Spaced Repetition
Match
Flashcards
Knowt Play1/5
There's no tags or description
Looks like no tags are added yet.
Name | Mastery | Learn | Test | Matching | Spaced | Call with Kai |
|---|
No analytics yet
Send a link to your students to track their progress
6 Terms
What do we need vitamins for?
We need vitamins A B C D E & K in our diets to keep us healthy
What are the two types of vitamins
Water soluble - B & C
Fat soluble A D E & K
Vitamin C (water soluble)
The metabolic role is necessary for
Formation of connective tissues (skin, gums)
Growth and maintenance of bones/teeth
Helping wounds heal
Proper functioning of inmune system
Vitamin C degiciency
disease: Scurvy
Symptoms: Poor healing, bleeding under skin, bleeding gums, loosing teeth …
Vitamin D (fat soluble)
Metablic role necessary for:
Helping absortion of calcium from the intestine
Healthy bone and toot formation
Vitamin D - deficiency
Disease: Rickets (children) osteomalacia (adults)
Symptoms: Weak deformed bones which tend to break easily
