Lipids

Question 1

What is a fat

Answer 1

Compounds that are soluble in solvents but insoluble in water

Question 2

Where are fatty acids found

Answer 2

Adipose tissue
Skeletal muscle

Question 3

Use of fatty acids

Answer 3

To release energy into the human body

Question 4

Food examples

Answer 4

Meat
Butter
Cheese
Chocolate
Oil

Question 5

What elements make up fatty acids

Answer 5

Carbon
Hydrogen
oxygen

Question 6

What is the typical structure of lipids

Answer 6

Ch3

Question 7

What is the typical structure of lipids

Answer 7

Ch3

Question 8

What is the general formula

Answer 8

R-COOH

Question 9

What is COOH

Answer 9

Carboxylic acid

Question 10

What is COOH

Answer 10

Carboxylic acid

Question 11

What is CH3

Answer 11

Methyl end

Question 12

Where is the methyl end

Answer 12

Start of chain

Question 13

Where is COOH END

Question 14

Where is COOH END

Question 15

What are the classifications of lipids

Answer 15

Short chain fatty acid = 6 chain or less

Medium chain fatty acid = 8 - 12

Long chain fatty acid = 14 chain +

Very long chain fatty acid = 22 chains +

Question 16

What are the 2 essential fatty acids

Answer 16

Omega 3

Omega 6

Question 17

Example of omega 3

Question 18

example of omega 6

Question 19

the steps of lipid metabolism

Answer 19

lipolysis
fatty acid transport
carnitine shuttle

Question 20

where does lipid metabolism first take place

Answer 20

in adipose tissue

Question 21

what happens in the adipose tissue

Answer 21

lipolysis
triglyceride is broken unto fatty acid and glycerol

Question 22

after being broken down in the adipose cell where is glycerol and fatty acid released into

Answer 22

blood stream

Question 23

what is the key regulating enzyme

Answer 23

hormone sensitive lipase

Question 24

what up regulates HSL

Answer 24

adrenaline

Question 25

what down regulates HSL

Answer 25

insulin

Question 26

what is the role of HSL

Answer 26

breakdown triglyceride

Question 27

what do fatty acids bind to in the blood

Answer 27

albumin

Question 28

why do fatty acids bind to albumin

Answer 28

carry fatty acid to skeletal muscle

Question 29

where does glycerol go

Answer 29

into liver cell

Question 30

what happens to the gycerol in the liver cell

Answer 30

glycerol is turned into glucose

Question 31

where is this glucose released to after being in the liver

Answer 31

blood then muscle

Question 32

what is the role of the carnitine shuttle

Answer 32

fatty acid from cytoplasm to mitochondria matrix

Question 33

what binds to fatty acid in the cytoplasm

Answer 33

carnitine

Question 34

what happens in the matrix of mitochondria

Answer 34

beta oxidation

Question 35

what is the ratio of the carnitine shuttle

Answer 35

1:1