Which of the Following Statements Are True of Vitamin D

question 8

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements are true of vitamin D (Select all that apply) ?

• A)The stimulus for cutaneous production of vitamin D is the ultraviolet rays of the sun.
• B)Cutaneous vitamin D is made from phospholipids stored in the skin.
• C)Vitamin D promotes the absorption of calcium by the liver.
• D)Vitamin D contributes to efficient immune responses.

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Definitions:

Amino Acids

Organic compounds that serve as the building blocks of proteins, essential for various bodily functions and processes.

Nucleotides

The basic structural unit and building block for DNA and RNA, consisting of a nitrogenous base, a sugar (ribose or deoxyribose), and one or more phosphate groups.

Chargaff's Rules

Empirical rules stating that in any sample of double-stranded DNA, the amount of adenine (A) equals thymine (T) and the amount of guanine (G) equals cytosine (C).

Base Pairs

Base pairs are the pairs of nitrogenous bases that connect the complementary strands of DNA, consisting of adenine with thymine and cytosine with guanine in DNA.