exam 3 chapter 7 Flashcards
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glucose requirement is
continuous
food intake is
intermittent
cells in the nervous system can ONLY burn glucose _____
long term
most cells in the body can burn proteins, fats, or sugars for ____
energy
T/F there will never be a time when our bodies dont store glucose
True
Glucose can be in 2 places in our bodies:
in the blood or in the cells
We _____ blood sugar by moving glucose from the blood to the cells
lower
We lower blood sugar by moving glucose from ________ to _______
blood to cells
We ______ blood sugar by moving glucose from cells to our blood
raise
We raise blood sugar by moving glucose from _______ to _______
cells to our blood
glucose is continuous so we need a way to _____ and to _____ nutrients to maintain blood sugar at a constant level
store and mobilize
When glucose gets high in the blood, it gets assembled into a big molecule called
glycogen
stored in our liver and skeletal muscle
glycogen
what is glycogen used for
short term energy
When there is no more room in our liver or skeletal muscle for glycogen, excess glucose gets assembled into _____
fat
When blood sugar is high–>
glucose gets assembled into glycogen
When BS is high, glucose gets assembled into glycogen
glycogenesis
when blood sugar is low,
glycogen gets broken down into glucose
when BS is low, glycogen gets broken down into glucose
glycogenolysis
What is it called when new glucose molecules can be synthesized from proteins and fats?
gluconeogenesis
Where is gluconeogenesis carried out?
liver
even if you cut sugar out of your diet, _________ make glucose by rearranging C,H, and O atoms
fats and proteins
what are biomolecules?
proteins, fats, and sugars
where and why are biomolecules broken down
broken down in mitochondria during cellular respiration to make ATP (release energy)