Lipids: chapter 10

Question 0

Fatty acids are:

Answer 0

A precursor to prostaglandins

Question 1

Higher melting point?

Answer 1

Longer chain, most saturated

Question 2

Examples of fatty acids:

Answer 2

Beeswax, prostaglandins, sphingolipids, truacylglycerols

Question 3

Most Lipids are composed of:

Answer 3

Isoprene subunits

Question 4

Type of lipid that contains an ether-linked alkyl group

Answer 4

Platelet-activating factor

Question 5

Sphingosine is not a component of:

Answer 5

Cardiolipin

Question 6

True of sphingosine membrane lipids?

Answer 6

Sphingolipids include oligosaccharides in their structure

Question 7

Types of sphingolipids?

Answer 7

Cerebrosides and gangliosides

Question 8

A compound containing N-acetylneuraminic acid (sialic acid) is:

Answer 8

Ganglioside GM2

Question 9

Fatty acids partially compose:

Answer 9

Cerebrosides

Question 10

Structure of sterols?

Answer 10

4-Fused-ring structure

Question 11

Not true of sterols?

Answer 11

Common in bacterial membranes

Question 12

Polarity of cholesterol?

Answer 12

Amphipathic

Question 13

Tay-Sachs disease is a result of a genetic defect in the metabolism of:

Answer 13

Gangliosides

Question 14

An example of a glycerophospholipid involved in cell signaling:

Answer 14

Phosphatidylinositol

Question 15

What vitamin is not fat soluble?

Answer 15

C

Question 16

What vitamin is derived from cholesterol?

Answer 16

D

Question 17

What molecule is derived from sterols?

Answer 17

Vitamin D