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T/F: High temperature, post-rigor chilling is where meat is stored at 20°C for 24 hours, which has the same effect on tenderness as 2°C for 14 days.

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True

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T/F: Gelatin is made from skins or hides, connective tissues, cartilage, and bones of cattle and calves

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True

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T/F: Fermented sausage means that it has lactic acid in it

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True

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T/F: Bos Taurus breeds have higher calpastatin levels than Bos Indicus breeds

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False

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T/F: A steak with a sarcomere length of 2.2 um would be more tender than a steak with 2.9 um

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False

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T/F: Tray-Ready packaging means that the meat is ready to go into the case for immediate selling

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False

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T/F: The shearlings 4 pelt is the most valuable lamb pelt

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False

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T/F: The sarcomere is the basic contractile unit of muscle

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True

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9
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T/F: The maximum amount of sodium nitrite that can go into regular bacon is 200 ppm

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False

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T/F: The Hydrodyne process tenderizes beef by putting it in a sealed water-filled chamber and setting off an explosion to destroy Z-lines

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True

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11
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T/F: The higher the degree of doneness that steaks are cooked, the more tender the steak

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False

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12
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T/F: The Background Effect for tenderness is related to the amount and distribution of marbling

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Flase

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T/F: Swift’s Pro-Ten process works by injecting the live animal with papain, which stays behind in the muscle after bleeding and is activated by heat during the cooking process

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True

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T/F: Salt-soluble, heat-coaguble proteins (SSHCP) are collagen, elastin, and reticulin

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False

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T/F: Muscle is a contractile unit that is made up of connective tissue, muscle fibers, and intramuscular fat

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True

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16
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T/F: Meat is made more tender by: 1) causing the sarcomeres to be longer, 2) disrupting the integrity of the myofibrils, and 3) disrupting the integrity of the connective tissue

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True

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17
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T/F: Lungs can be used for human food in the U.S.

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False

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18
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T/F: A steak with 32% collagen solubility would be tougher than a steak with 16%

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False

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19
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T/F: A 1,200 pound live animal yields 1,200 pounds of T-bone steaks

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False

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20
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Which form of myoglobin has O2 at the free-binding site?

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Oxymyoglobin

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21
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Which form of myoglobin has OH at the free-binding site?

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Metmyoglobin

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22
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Which step is the oxygenation step?

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Going from reduced myoglobin -> to Oxymyoglobin

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23
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Which step is where reduction (electron gain) takes place?

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Going from Metyoglobin -> to Reduced Myoglobin

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24
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Which step is where vacuum packing (removal of oxygen) changes the color of meat?

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Going from Oxymyoglobin -> to Reduced Myoglobin

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What is the color of meat in Oxymyoglobin?

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Red

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26
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What is the color of meat in Reduced Myoglobin?

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Purple

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27
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What vitamin is fed to cattle to reduce the oxidation of meat?

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Vitamin E

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28
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What type of iron is present in Metmyoglobin?

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Fe(lll)

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29
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What term is used to describe the chart where some muscles are high in this and some muscles are low?

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methyoglobin reducing activity

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30
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Tenderization process whereby carcasses are hung by the obturator foramen

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TAMU Tenderstretch

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31
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Sold as aphrodisiacs in the Far East

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Gall Stones

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32
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Other than tropomyosin and troponin, which other protein is found in thin myofilaments?

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Actin

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33
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Name of the most valuable hide due to the presence or absence of branding

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Native

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34
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Name for the youngest classification of bovine

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Veal

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35
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Minimum amount of fat on beef carcasses to prevent cold shortening

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.25 inches

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36
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In the living animal, serves to store reserve energy

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Fat

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37
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In the living animal, serves to produce energy and convert it to work

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Muscle

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38
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In the living animal, connects muscles to bone

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Connective Tissue

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39
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Fat depot that is located in the perimysium and endomysium

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Intramuscular

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40
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Exogenous enzyme from the papaya

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Papain

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41
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Example of a cooked, smoke emulsion-type sausage

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Frankfurter

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42
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Endogenous enzymes that work on the Z-lines

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Calpains

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43
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Edible portion of domestic mammals used for food

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Meat

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44
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Compound that can be added to meat to increase the activity of calpains

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Calcium chloride

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45
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Which has more myoglobin, a locomotive or support muscle

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Locomotive

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46
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Which cut is likely to be more tender, a cut from a locomotive or support muscle

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Support

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47
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Uses electricity to tenderize beef

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Electrical stimulation

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48
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Type of cookery that converts collagen to gelatin

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Moist-heat

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49
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Thick myofilaments primarily are made up of this protein

50
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The 5 principles of meat cutting are separation of fat from lean portions, _________, valuable from less valuable, tough from tender, and separation of retail cuts by cutting across the grain.

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Thick from thin

51
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Which of the pork “bony” cuts is considered a major wholesale cut?

A

Square ribs

52
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Quality in pork carcasses is based upon firmness of fat and lean, color of lean, amount of feathering, and __________ thickness

53
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Method of pelt removal over the sirloin, rump, and legs used in lamb slaughter, which leaves the fell membrane intact

54
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Determine the Carcass Cost Basis (per cwt) for a lamb with a live price of $140/cwt, Live weight of 150 lbs, and carcass weight of 75 pounds

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(75/150) x 100= 50%……..$140/.50= 280 cwt

55
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Give the USDA Pork Carcass Grade for a pork carcass with .6” 10th rib fat, .7” last rib fat, 8.5 in2 loin eye area, 4” belly thickness, and average muscling score

56
Q

The oldest ovine maturity group

57
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Calculate, to the nearest tenth, the ISDA Yield Grade for the following lamb carcass: 3.8 in2 REA, 85 lb. HCW, and .22 in 12th rib fat thickness

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.4+(10 x 0.22)= USDA Yield Grade 2.6

58
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The USDA quality grades for lamb carcasses, in order, are: Prime, Choice, ______, Utility, and Cull

59
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The “ideal” color, texture, and exudation group that has desirable color, firmness, and water-holding capacity

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RFN, red, firm, non-exudative

60
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The lamb carcass section found in the fore saddle consists of the rack and breast

61
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The four types of lamb legs that were discussed in the fabrication lab are Safeway, Frenched, Shank-off and ___________

62
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Employs the principle of impact energy to extract proteins for boneless ham manufacturing

63
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Employs the principle of frictional energy to extract proteins for boneless ham manufacturing

64
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Ingredient used during curing to increase water-holding capacity

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Alkaline Phosphate

65
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Be able to Identify the Loineye area, tumbling machine, curing needle injector/tenderizer, bunging, fell membrane, break joints

A

Look in lab notebook

66
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T/F: Lean finely textured beef is a reclaimed product from bone.

A

False, it is from fat

67
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T/F: The muscle cell is the smallest completely functional unit in the muscle

68
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T/F: The Longisissimus dorsi is more tender than the Deep Pectoral and the Deep Pectoral is more tender than the Rectus femoris

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False: The LD is more tender than the Rectus femoris and the rectus femoris is more tender than the deep pectoral

69
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T/F: Locomotive muscles tend to be tougher than support muscles primarily because of differences in Bulk density/ Lubrication effects

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False: it is primarily because of their background and what involves those muscles

70
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T/F: The National Beef Tenderness Survey found that roasts were more tender than their steak counterparts

71
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T/F: A steak with a sarcomere of 3.2 um likely would be more tender than a steak with a sarcomere length of 2.1 um

72
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T/F: High-temperature, pre-rigor chilling involves chilling the carcass at 16°C for 16 hours after slaughter

73
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T/F: Support muscles have more myoglobin that locomotive muscles

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False- they have less myoglobin

74
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T/F: Support muscles have more myoglobin than locomotive muscles

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False- they have less myoglobin

75
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T/F: The three reasons for differences in tenderness among muscles are Actomyosin Effect, Background Effect, and Bulk Density/ Lubrication effect

76
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T/F: The Background Effect deals with sarcomere length, muscle fiber diameter, and sarcomere/fragment

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False: this is the definition of Actomyosin Effect

77
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Meat from Bos Indicus breeds such as Brahman tends to be more tender than meat from Bos taurus breeds such as Angus

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False: Brahman is less tender than Bos taurus

78
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In general, the higher the grade of beef (e.g. more marbling), the more tender it will be

79
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The greatest contributor to USDA’s Estimated Hide and Offal Value is the hide

80
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You would expect that a 120 lb live lamb will yield about 120 pounds of lamb chops

81
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The rank order in age class, from youngest to oldest is veal, beef, calf

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False: veal, calf, beef

82
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Compound in postmortem muscle that lowers pH and in fermented sausages that gives a tangy flavor

A

Lactic Acid

83
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Process that converts nitric oxide myoglobin to nitrosyl hemochromogen

84
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In vacuum packing and in pre-rigor pork sausage manufacturing, serves as a barrier to oxygen

85
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Myoglobin from when oxygen is present

A

Oxymyoglobin

86
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Myoglobin form when OH is present

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Metmyoglobin

87
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By-product used to make industrial oils, lubricants, soap, and glycerin

A

inedible tallow

88
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Sold as aphrodisiac in the Far East

A

gall stones

89
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Contractile organ comprised of connective tissue, muscle fibers, and intramuscular fat

90
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Edible portion of domestic mammals used for food

91
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Primarily comprised of myosin

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Thick myofibrils

92
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Primarily comprised of actin, tropomyosin, and troponin

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Thin myofibrils

93
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Uses electricity to tenderize beef

A

Electrical stimulation

94
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Process whereby sarcomeres shorten due to cold-induced nervous response

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Cold Shortening

95
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In packaging, helps the bag conform to the surface of the meat to reduce flex cracks

A

heat shrinking packaging

96
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In meat curing, serves as an antimicrobial

97
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Oldest and slowest way of curing meat

A

dry curing

98
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Most valuable bacon slices

99
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Dispersion of fat particles in water held by the action of salt-soluble, meat-coagulable proteins

100
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Frankfurter defect caused by overchopping

A

fatting-out

101
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In sausage, manufacturing, the term used to describe to the relative amount of SSHCP in a meat.

A

Binding index

102
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Used to replace defective human heart valves

A

Aorta Valves

103
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In living animal, produces energy and converts it to work

104
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In a living animal, harnesses and collects activity of muscle fibers

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Connective tissue

105
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In a living animal, provides support and rigidity

106
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Basic contractile unit

107
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Term used to describe an unbranded hide

108
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Processed by-product used to make confectioneries, icecream, and jellied food products

109
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Product from the stomach of the suckling calves used to make cheese

110
Q

Lard is made from fat from this species

111
Q

Raw by-product used to make soups and bouillion

A

Beef Extract

112
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Congealing or solidification point of the fatty acids in fat

113
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A by-product that is the source of hyaluronidase

114
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Vitamin fed to livestock to help preserve meat color

115
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Chemical state of iron when either SH or H2O2 are present

116
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Pelt with he lowest value

A

Shearing No. 4

117
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The five principles of meat cutting are separation of fat from lean portions, ______, valuable from less valuable, tough from tender, and separation of retail cuts by cutting across across the grain

A

Thick from thin

118
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Which of the pork “bony” cuts is considered a major wholesale cut?

A

Square ribs

119
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The IMPS numbers for pork cuts are in the ___ series

120
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Method of pelt removal over the sirloin, rump, legs used in lamb slaughter, which leaves the thin membrane intact

121
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Determine the carcass cost basis (per cwt) for a lamb with a Live price of $150 cwt, Live weight of 160lbs, and a carcass weight of 80 lbs.

A

DP= (carcass/live)x100 DP= $150/50x100= $300/cwt

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