Fed State

Question 1

What happens to monosaccharides obtained from the digestion of starch?

Answer 1

Absorbed by intestinal epithelial cells and travel to the liver via the hepatic portal vein

Question 2

What are chylomicrons? What happens to them?

Answer 2

. TAGs, proteins, lipids, cholesterol packaged up

. Chylomicrons are secreted into the lymphatic system then enter the bloodstream via the thoracic duct

Question 3

What is refeeding syndrome? What kind of patients can experience this?

Answer 3

. When complications arise after not having eaten for a long time (around 7 days or more)
. Patients with chronic alcoholism, anorexia, cancer can sometimes experience this

Question 4

What happens during starvation (7 days or more)

Answer 4

. Protein and muscle breakdown is inhibited
. Decreased insulin, increased glucagon
. Glycogenolysis, gluconeogenesis, lipolysis, protein breakdown