Integrative Metabolic Processes

Question 1

3 main fuels used to catabolize energy

Answer 1

Fats (to fatty acids)
Carbs (to glucose and other sugars)
Proteins (to amino acids)

Question 2

The vast majority of our fuel supply is stored in which form?

Answer 2

Fat

Stores as TAGs

Question 3

2 major ways to deal with low blood glucose

Answer 3

Glycogen stores

Gluconeogenesis

Question 4

Gluconeogenesis occurs primarily in the…

Answer 4

Liver

Question 5

3 ketone bodies

Answer 5

Acetoacetate
Beta-hydroxybutyrate
Acetone

Question 6

Ketone bodies are used by which tissues? (3)

Answer 6

Heart
Skeletal muscle
Brain during starvation

Question 7

Anaerobic vs aerobic

1. Cellular compartment
2. Fuels
3. ATP yields (high or low)
4. End fate of carbons

Answer 7

1. Cytosol vs mitochondria
2. Glucose vs glucose/FAs/AAs/ketone bodies
3. Low vs High
4. Lactace vs CO2