NCK Licensing Exam (Nursing) Metabolism and Nutrition — practice questions
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Practice NCK Licensing Exam (Nursing) Metabolism and Nutrition in the app →What name is given to the reactions that break food down to obtain energy?What do anabolic reactions do with the energy that catabolic reactions release?What does a negative net energy change mean for the body?Glycolysis breaks each glucose molecule down into what?What is the Krebs cycle also called?How many ATP does one glucose molecule net through aerobic respiration?Gluconeogenesis makes new glucose from which starting materials?Which hormone is released from the pancreatic alpha cells when blood glucose falls?What does glucagon do to glycogen in the liver?Where does insulin cause glucose to be stored as glycogen?Which four vitamins are the fat-soluble ones?Which vitamins make up the water-soluble group?Why does hypervitaminosis rarely occur with water-soluble vitamins?When too much acetyl CoA accumulates because glucose is short, what does the body generate?How does basal metabolic rate differ between men and women on average?