Lipids General Info

Question 1

Lipoprotein

Answer 1

complexes made of triglycerides, cholesterol…

Question 2

how does the pancreas use lipids?

Answer 2

releases enzymes to breakdown fats, carbs, and proteins

Question 3

how does the liver use lipids?

Answer 3

produces bile and helps digest fats and vitamins

Question 4

LDL (triglyceride)

Answer 4

transports from liver to tissue and other organs, synthesizes steroids

Question 5

HDL (triglycerides)

Answer 5

made in liver and small intestine, transports cholesterol away from body and tissues (back to liver to be destroyed) and combine with bile for excretion

Question 6

phospholipids

Answer 6

2% of lipids in the body, builds plasma membranes

Question 7

steroids (cholesterol)

Answer 7

most produced in body, in the liver, building block for many biochemicals

Question 8

VLDL

Answer 8

transport triglycerides fro storage in tissue and it transformed into LDL

Question 9

hyperlipidemia

Answer 9

high levels of lipids in the blood

Question 10

hypercholesterolemia

Answer 10

high levels of cholesterol

Question 11

dyslipidemia

Answer 11

abnormal levels of lipoprotiens

Question 12

optimal total cholesterol levels

Answer 12

<200

Question 13

optimal LDL

Answer 13

<100

Question 14

optimal HDL

Answer 14

> 60

Question 15

optimal serum triglycerides

Answer 15

<150

Question 16

atheroscolorosis

Answer 16

narrowing of coronary arteries, can be asymptomatic with 50% occlusion, s/s angina