Assignment 4: Micronutrients
Across
- 3. Adult bone disease characterized by poor mineralization
- 6. Extent to which a nutrient is absorbed
- 7. Vit. A precursor, think of carrots
- 9. Enlarged thyroid linked to iodine deficiency
- 12. Vit. E group with antioxidant activity
- 13. iron transport protein
- 16. synthesized version of Vit. B9
- 17. nonessential amino acid that transports fatty acid chains into mitochondria
Down
- 1. Stomach secretion needed for B12 absorption
- 2. Calcium transport protein made with Vit. D
- 4. Niacin deficiency disease
- 5. Mineral needed for insulin function
- 7. Water soluble vitamin that is stored mainly in muscle
- 8. The alcohol form of Vit. A
- 10. Iron storage protein
- 11. Vitamin C helps form this structural connective tissue protein
- 13. A B vitamin with coenzyme form abbreviated as TPP
- 14. Common Symptom of iron deficiency
- 15. B vitamin crucial in pregnancy to prevent neural tube defects