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Vitamin A Functions & Deficiencies
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Function. Vitamin A helps form and maintain healthy skin, teeth, skeletal and soft tissue, mucus membranes, and skin. It is also known as retinol because it produces the pigments in the retina of the eye. Vitamin A promotes good vision, especially in low light. Vitamin deficiency anemia occurs when your body doesn't have enough of the vitamins needed to produce adequate numbers of healthy red blood cells. Red blood cells carry oxygen from your lungs throughout your body. If your diet is lacking in certain vitamins, vitamin deficiency anemia can develop.
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This video covers the functions of vitamin A and deficiency-related topics. It describes vitamin A helping form and maintain healthy skin, teeth, skeletal and soft tissue and mucous membranes, its role as retinol producing pigments in the retina, and its promotion of good vision especially in low light, before the description moves to vitamin deficiency anemia.
Key points
- Describes vitamin A functions for skin, teeth and tissues
- Covers retinol and pigments in the retina
- Covers vision especially in low light
Video Overview
This video presents “Vitamin A Functions & Deficiencies” — Function. Vitamin A helps form and maintain healthy skin, teeth, skeletal and soft tissue, mucus membranes, and skin. It is also known as retinol because it produces the pigments in the retina of the eye. Vitamin A promotes good vision. Whether you are preparing for a procedure, studying the technique, or learning how a condition is assessed, the recording shows the process as it is performed in practice.
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