Chapter 5: Fats

Question 1

Lipoproteins

Answer 1

Allow lipids to be carried in the bloodstream

Question 2

Describe the three main classes of lipids

Answer 2

Triglycerides: 95% of fats we eat. Formed from 3 fatty acids. Cheese, meat

Phospholipids: Formed from bakbone of glycerol with 2 fatty acids, phosphate, and a choline. Egg yolks, liver, soybeans

Sterols: No long carbon chains, instead the carbon atoms form rings. Animal protein