2024/2025 (Fall) Nutrition Exam 2 | Questions with 100% Correct Answers Which lipoprotein transports dietary fat to the cells in your body? Chylomicrons Which lipoprotein carries cholesterol to the cells in your body, but can get stuck in arteries while traveling in the blood, depositing choles...
Which lipoprotein transports dietary fat to the cells in your body?
Chylomicrons
Which lipoprotein carries cholesterol to the cells in your body, but can get stuck in
arteries while traveling in the blood, depositing cholesterol that eventually leads to
plaque formation?
LDL
Which lipoprotein picks up cholesterol from your arteries and other places in the body
and returns in back to the liver for further metabolism?
HDL
The largest lipoprotein that is mostly made of fat and the video compares to a bus is
called
Chylomicrons
Essential fatty acid found in fish
(Omega 3) Linolenic
When you have a negative nitrogen balance, where does your body take from when low
on protein?
Muscles (break down less vital proteins such as blood, skin, and muscles)
When sugars or carbs enter the small intestine, what level of organization are they?
Disaccharides (Fiber, starch, disaccharides, monosaccarides enter stomach and pass
into small intestine)
What is the job of bile?
Bile emulsifies fat (Produced in liver and concentrated/stored/released in gallbladder)
What type of diabetes produces no insulin?
Type 1
Which fat is 95% of the fat we eat?
Triglycerides (mostly made of chylomicrons-big buses)
What enzyme does the pancreas secrete for fat digestion?
Lipase
Where are chylomicrons synthesized?
, Small intestine
Which cholesterol is referred to as the garbage man?
HDL (picks up cholesterol from body cells and brings to liver for disposal)
What is the smallest level of carbohydrates?
Monosaccharides (one)
What type of diabetes is insulin resistant?
Type 2
Essential fatty acids in plants? (Omega 6)
Linoleic
Which polysaccharide is the plant storage form of glucose?
Starch (Animal is glycogen)
What is a precursor to vitamin D?
Cholesterol
In the liver, all monosaccharides are turned into what?
Glucose (Glycogen storage in the liver)
Where is bile stored?
Gallbladder
What does protein contain that makes it different from carbs and fat?
Nitrogen
What type of bond links amino acids?
Peptide bond
A string of about ... to ... amino acids is a polypeptide?
10 to 50
What is the AMDR for protein?
10-35%
What is protein turnover?
the continuous breakdown and synthesis of body proteins involving the recycling of
amino acids
Where are chylomicrons synthesized?
small intestine
When you have negative nitrogen balance, where does the body take from?
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