Test 2 Material Flashcards
(100 cards)
What are examples of glycerol based lipids?
-Phospholipids
-Triglycerides
What is fatty acids melting point determined by?
-chain length
-saturation
Low melting point fatty acids are more ___ than high melting point fatty acids.
Unsaturated
Fatty acids with higher melting points have ___ chain lengths than low melting point fatty acids.
Longer
What characterizes a fatty acid with a cis double bond?
Bent Chain
Rumen microbes modify the fatty acid composition of dietary fatty acids through a process called….
Biohydrogenation
Following absorption by enterocytes of the small intestine, where are the absorbed lipids released to?
Lymph into lacteals
Fatty acids are stored in the body as ___ in cells called ___.
-Triglycerides
-Adipocytes
What are the two essential fatty acids in animals?
-Linoleic acid
-Linolenic acid
What makes Linoleic acid and Linolenic acids essential?
They include bonds beyond carbon 9 where animals cannot add them.
Explain why fatty acids in animals have even numbers of carbons in their fatty acyl chains.
-Fatty acids are synthesized from acetyl-CoA.
-Acetyl-CoA is 2 carbons in length so when fatty acids are synthesized from them, they end up with even numbers of carbons, 2 at a time.
How does epinephrine regulate lipolysis to release stored fatty acids from adipose tissue?
Epinephrine circulates during times in which the animal needs to act or exert energy, therefore lipolysis is stimulated to provide energy for the animal.
How does insulin regulate lipolysis to release stored fatty acids from adipose tissue?
Insulin circulates when there is excess glucose circulating, therefore lipolysis is inhibited because the animal already has sufficient energy availability.
Vitamins generally act as what for metabolism of other nutrients?
Catalysts
What are examples of fat-soluble vitamins?
-Vitamin A
-Vitamin D
-Vitamin E
-Vitamin K
What minerals does Vitamin D regulate?
-Phosphorus
-Calcium
What describes Vitamin E?
-It is incorporated into membranes
-It prevents the formation of peroxides
-It is found within forages and cereal grains
Night blindness, epithelial tissue defects, and abnormal bone development of fetuses and neonates are all symptoms of a deficiency in which of these vitamins?
Vitamin A
Parathyroid hormone ___ calcium absorption, and calcitonin ___ calcium absorption.
-Promotes
-Reduces
What is, the vitamin, Pantothenic acid’s active cofactor?
Coenzyme A
What is, the vitamin, Niacin’s active cofactor?
NAD
What is, the vitamin, Thiamin’s active cofactor?
TPP
What is, the vitamin, Riboflavin’s active cofactor?
FAD
Selenium is a mineral that is incorporated into proteins as _____. An example enzyme that includes selenium is ____.
-Selenocysteine
-Glutathione peroxidase