Lipids And CV disease

Question 1

Define lipids

Answer 1

Organic compounds which are insoluble in water

Question 2

Three important lipids in human biology

Answer 2

Cholesterol
Triglycerides
Steroids

Question 3

Two lipid’s important in the CV system

Answer 3

Cholesterol
Triglycerides

Question 4

Where are lipoproteins created

Answer 4

In the liver and small intestine

Question 5

Function of lipoprotein

Answer 5

To transport cholesterol and triglycerides around the body in the CVS

Question 6

Three examples of lipoprotein
Not lipids

Answer 6

HDL
LDL
VLDL

Question 7

What lipoprotein decreases the CVD risk

Answer 7

^HDL= decreased CVD risk

Question 8

Exogenous lipid pathway

Answer 8

Triglycerides> monoglycerides
By gastric and pancreatic lipase
Bile acids make MonoGLY soluble
MonoGLY absorbed by enterocytes
In enterocytes
Turned back into triglycerides
Packaged into lipoproteins with cholesterol
Carried to adipose tissue through lymph
Lipoprotein lipase= triglycerides> fatty acids
Take up by muscle cells
Cholesterol goes to liver

Question 9

Lipoproteins are controlled by ___ in lipids

Answer 9

Apo lipoproteins

Question 10

What lipoprotein decreases CVD risk

Answer 10

HDL