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What is negative nitrogen balance and what is it associated with?
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∙ 12y ago
Negative nitrogen balance is when nitrogen input is less then the output. It is associated with burns, sickness, serious injury, fasting and fevers.
By:Chris Lopez
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∙ 12y ago
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Do Astronaut have positive nitrogen balance?
No; astronauts have a negative nitrogen balance.
Is a growing child likely to exhibit negative nitrogen balance?
False, a growing child is not likely to exhibit negative nitrogen balance.
Will the nitrogen balance be negative or positive if a person ingested 16g of food nitrogen and lost 19g of nitrogen?
Negative
Does anabolism create a positive or negative nitrogen balance?
Anabolism creates positive nitrogen balance. That means sort of body building. Catabolism creates negative nitrogen balance. That means loss of proteins from your body.
Is pregnancy a negative nitrogen balance?
No, it is positive.
What is it called when nitrogen taken into the body exceeds nitrogen losses?
negative nitrogen balance.
Negative nitrogen balance occurs in?
A condition of negative nitrogen is intake of glucocorticoids.
Describe the state of nitrogen balance of a person who ingested 16 grams of food nitrogen and lost 19 grams of nitrogen?
Negative balance
What condition that favors negative nitrogen balance?
Pregnancy
What people have an negative nitrogen balance?
renal failure
Is a growing child is likely to exhibit negative nitrogen balance?
No
What would describe the state of nitrogen balance of a person who ingested 16 g of food nitrogen and lost 19 g of nitrogen?
A negative nitrogen balance would describe the state of nitrogen balance of a person who ingested 16 g of food nitrogen and lost 19 g of nitrogen.
