CHOLESTEROL Flashcards
CHOLESTEROL IS ALSO KNOWN AS
A. 3-hydroxy- 5,6 cholestine
B. 4-hydroxy- 5,6 cholestine
A. 3-hydroxy- 5,6 cholestine
Unsaturated steroid alcohol contain four rings, component of steroids & it has a single carbon hydrogen side chain tail similar to fatty acids
A.CHOLESTEROL
B.PHOSPHOLIPIDS
A.CHOLESTEROL
TRUE or FALSE
Cholesterol is also amphipatic
True
Yes or No
Does cholesterol causes turbidity to the sample?
Yes
** Found on the surface of lipid bilayers**
A. chole
b. phospolipids
c. trigly
d. fatty acids
A. chole
Important constituent in the assembly of cell membrane and bile acids
A. chole
b. phospolipids
c. trigly
d. fatty acids
A. chole
TRUE OR FALSE
CHOLESTEROL is not catabolize by most cells therefore it does not serve as source of fuel
TRUE
Excess cholesterol are recycled and returned back to the _
A. STOMACH
B. ADIPOSE TISSUE
C. INTESTINE
D. LIVER
D. LIVER
free cholesterol (amphipathic) – 30% of the total cholesterol in the body
A. UNESTERIFIED
B. ESTERIFIED
C. LCAD
D. BILE SALTS
A. UNESTERIFIED
cholesterol ester (neutral lipid)
A. UNESTERIFIED
B. ESTERIFIED
C. LCAD
D. BILE SALTS
B. ESTERIFIED
present in the serum, plasma and RBC “polar form”
A. UNESTERIFIED
B. ESTERIFIED
C. LCAD
D. BILE SALTS
A. UNESTERIFIED
**70% of the total
cholesterol, present in the plasma or serum
A. UNESTERIFIED
B. ESTERIFIED
C. LCAD
D. BILE SALTS
B. ESTERIFIED
present in the human plasma; catalyses the esterification of the cholesterol
A. LCAD
B. Bile salts
C. Steroid Hormones:
D. Vit. D and Cell Membrane
A. LCAD
promotes the transfer of fatty acids from lecithin to cholesterol which results to the formation of lysolecithin and cholesterol ester
A. LCAD
B. ESTERIFIED
C. steroid
D. LECITHIN CHOLESTEROL ACYTRANSFERASE
A. LCAD
chole can be converted into 4
Bile sals
Cell membrane
Steroid hormones
Vit D
“BCSV”
