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Anabolism creates positive nitrogen balance. That means sort of body building. Catabolism creates negative nitrogen balance. That means loss of proteins from your body.
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Will the nitrogen balance be negative or positive if a person ingested 16g of food nitrogen and lost 19g of nitrogen?
Negative
What is a positive nitrogen balance?
What factors might lead to a positive nitrogen balance?
What is it called when nitrogen taken into the body exceeds nitrogen losses?
negative nitrogen balance.
When nitrogen taken into the body exceeds nitrogen losses a person is in?
Positive nitrogen balance
Describe the state of nitrogen balance of a person who ingested 16 grams of food nitrogen and lost 19 grams of nitrogen?
Negative balance
Do Astronaut have positive nitrogen balance?
No; astronauts have a negative nitrogen balance.
Is pregnancy a negative nitrogen balance?
No, it is positive.
Will the nitrogen balance be negative or positive if a person ingested 16g of food nitrogen and lost 19g of nitrogen?
Negative
Is Pregnancy is an example of negative nitrogen balance?
No, it is an example of positive nitrogen balance. This is because a pregnant women is in need of protein to allow growth of the child, and in order to build protein you need Nitrogen. Therefor pregnancy is considered positive nitrogen balance.
Negative nitrogen balance occurs in?
A condition of negative nitrogen is intake of glucocorticoids.
What is a positive nitrogen balance?
What factors might lead to a positive nitrogen balance?
If the excretion of nitrogen balance exceeds the nitrogen intake the condition is called what?
Positive nitrogen balance occurs when the total nitrogen excreted in the urine, feces and sweat is less than the total nitrogen ingested. Positive nitrogen balance must exist for new tissue to be synthesized. When dietary protein intake or total energy intake is inadequate to maintain tissues total nitrogen balance, negative nitrogen balance occurs and new tissue is unable to be synthesized.
Is positive protein balance and positive nitrogen balance the same?
Yes
Is a growing child likely to exhibit negative nitrogen balance?
False, a growing child is not likely to exhibit negative nitrogen balance.
What is negative nitrogen balance and what is it associated with?
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
What is it called when nitrogen taken into the body exceeds nitrogen losses?
negative nitrogen balance.
When nitrogen taken into the body exceeds nitrogen losses a person is in?
Positive nitrogen balance
