LIPIDS Flashcards
Chemical compounds in which one or more atoms of carbon are covalently linked to atoms of other elements
Organic compounds
Organic compounds compounds of elements commonly ______, _______, ________
Hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen
_______ are organic compounds
Lipids
Compounds in which there are one or more carbons attached to hydrogen, oxygen nitrogen via ______
Covalent bond
______ have several carbon atoms that are attached to hydrogen and oxygen
Glucose
_______ are made up of amino acids
Proteins
___________ has composition of carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen ,
Amino acids
_______ atom that is unique to proteins
Nitrogens
________ contains several carbon atoms that are also attached to oxygen and hydrogen
Fatty acid
____________also known as fats
Lipids
It is known as rich source of energy and efficient way of storing excess calories
Lipids
If excess glucose is present some of the glucose molecules will be transported to ___________
If excess glucose is present some of the glucose molecules will be transported to be
Adipose cells
Inside the adipose cells, they will stored in the form of ___________
Trigylcerides
Play an integral part of the cell membrane of human cells
Lipids
Excess glucose in the blood will be transported to _______ in the body
Adipose cells
Inside the adipose cells will be stored in the form of ____________ contributing to the increase of the size of adipose cells _______
Triglycerides - leading to gain in weight
The human cell membrane is described as the _________
Bilipid layer
__________ of humans lipids
Cell membrane
It is the most abundant
Phospholipid
It is inserted among the lipids
Cholesterol
Linear chain of C - H bonds that terminate with carboxylic acid
Fatty acids
It is composed of a long chain of hydrocarbon
Fatty acids
_________ is consist of carbon atoms attached to hydrogen atoms
Hydrocarbon
_________only a few exist as free fatty acids and most are bound to albumin
Plasma (in blood)
There is an interaction with albumin because the plasma blood contains contain _____
90% water they are highly hydrophobic
________interact with water
Albumin
__________ are the simplest type of lipids
Fatty acids
Fatty acids are named such because they are _______ and _________
Fats and acidic
Fatty acids contain _________
Carboxylic acid group
__________ serves as sites in the body that would store lipids
Adipocytes
Fatty acids along blood vessels are coated with ________
Albumin
Once fatty acids metabolized in the body they can produce ________
Acetyl coa
The products of Krebs cycle is ________ and _________
FADH AND NADH
_________ and _______ can proceed to transport chain
FADH AND NADH
__________ are good sources of energy
Fatty acids
_________ esterified with the glycerol
Fatty acids
________ is an alcohol that has 3 carbons
Glycerol
_________ have glycerol backbone
Triglycerides
Attached to the three carbons are _______
Fatty acids
The fatty acids arr attached to the glycerol backbones of triglycerides and phospholipids by ________
Ester bonds