Lipids

Question 1

Are the primary storage forms of energy (e.g. oil in seed and serves as an animal’s body’s “saving account

Answer 1

Fats

Question 2

Like triglycerides are more common and are an important components in animal rations

Answer 2

Simple Lipids

Question 3

Are composed of a lipid plus a mono-lipid molecule

Answer 3

Compound Lipids

Question 4

Family of fatty acids that contain one or more double bonds between adjacent carbon atoms in the hydrocarbon chain

Answer 4

Unsaturated fatty acids

Question 5

Are the main players in lipid nutrition. This is due to their diversity in structure, composition, and metabolizability

Answer 5

Fatty Acids

Question 6

Is a trans fatty acid present in Cow’s Milk or other ruminant food like beef and is produced my rumen microbes during biohydrogenation process

Answer 6

Conjugated linoleic acid

Question 7

Are the most abundant steroid in the human diet

Answer 7

Sterol

Question 8

Is the best known steroid and is the precursor of many other substances such as vitamin D, bile acids, sex hormones, and corticosteroid hormones

Answer 8

Cholesterol

Question 9

Serve as energy reserves for the plant or animal

Answer 9

Tryglycerides

Question 10

It is the dispersion of lipids in small droplets

Answer 10

Emulsification

Question 11

______ of unsaturated fatty acids is the second major transformation that dietary lipids can undergo in the rumen

Answer 11

Biohydrogenation

Question 12

Are temporary compounds formed during the fat digestion and absorption process

Answer 12

Micelle

Question 13

It is called the reuse of bile salt for fat digestion

Answer 13

Bile Salt Recycling

Question 14

These are temporary compounds (e.g. micelles) that is formed during lipid absorption

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Chylomicrons

Question 15

Consists of of an inner core of hydrophobic lipids surrounded by a surface layer of phospholipids, cholesterol, and outer proteins

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Glycoproteins

Question 16

Is the process of synthesizing lipids as a means of storing chemical energy

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Lipogenesis

Question 17

Is a metabolic disorder when excessive quantities of ketone bodies are produced

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Ketosis

Question 18

The location of fatty acid synthesis

Answer 18

Cytosol

Question 19

The starting material of fatty acid synthesis

Answer 19

Acetyl Coenzyme A (Acetyl CoA)

Question 20

Esters of fatty acid with alcohol (e.g. 1 glycerol + 3 fatty acids) commonly called triglyceride or Triacylglycerol

Answer 20

Simple Lipids

Question 21

Are examples of compound lipids and are used for lipid transport

Answer 21

Lipoproteins

Question 22

Other term of Triglyceride

Answer 22

Triacylglycerol

Question 23

Is the most abundant steroid present in animal tissue and serves as a precursor for vitamin D, bile acids, and steroid hormones

Answer 23

Cholesterol

Question 24

Are acted upon by enzyme pancreatic lipase and converted into fatty acid, monoglycerides and glycerol

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Emulsified lipids

Question 25

Too much unsaturated fatty acids can be toxic to rumen microbes

Answer 25

Biohydrogenation

Question 26

Part of the small intestine where fatty acid is absorbed

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Jejunum

Question 27

Emulsifies the fat and pancreatic lipase hydrolyzes them to release fatty acids and glycerol

Answer 27

Bile Salt

Question 28

Also known as bad Cholesterol which transports cholesterol to tissues

Answer 28

Low Density Lipoproteins

Question 29

Also known as good cholesterol and is responsible for reverse transport of cholesterol or removal of cholesterol from tissues

Answer 29

High Density Lipoproteins

Question 30

Part of cell where Fatty acids are oxidized by converting them to Acetyl CoA

Answer 30

Mitochondria