Iron Kinetics Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• iron deficiency anemia: which disorder has increased levels of stfr that indicates low intracellular iron
• transport: 10% of iron found in muscles, plasma, and inside cells is used for
• phosphates: dietary compound in meats, nuts, and dairy that inhibits iron absorption
• oxalates: dietary compound in fruits that inhibit iron absorption
• hephaestin: protein that converts iron in ferrous form to ferric form when going from the intestines to blood
• hemosiderin: degraded ferritin is known as
• ferric: iron state that comes from vegetable sources
• zinc: what binds to protoporphyrin ix when iron is not available during heme production
• functional: 65% of the body's iron in rbc
• hepcidin: hormone that regulates adsorption of iron in intestines and release of iron from macrophages
• hematoidin: yellow crystals that form from degradation of hemoglobin
• stored: 25% that is in macrophages and hepatocytes
• ferrous: iron state that comes from animal sources
• transferrin: ferric iron is transported through the plasma bound to the protein; commonly named
• ferroportin: the only known protein that exports iron across the cell membrane