Metabolism Flashcards

0
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What three things can happen to glucose

A
  1. Energy production
  2. Muscles replenish glycogen supply (if needed)
  3. Excess glucose not needed for immediate energy is used for fat synthesis.
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1
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After eating, blood glucose levels _________ due to carbohydrate digestion and absorption.

A

Increase

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2
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When more glucose is available them is needed immediately the excess _________ formed is converted to fat.

A

Acetyl-CoA

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3
Q

Between meals, the supply of dietary glucose _______

A

Decreases

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4
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Between meals, liver _____ is the primary source of blood glucose

A

Glycogen

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5
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Muscle glycogen can only be used by the muscle because muscle doesn’t have _________ so glucose can’t go back into blood.

A

Glucose 6 phosphatase

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6
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What are the needs that need to be met by blood glucose

A

Liver glycogen
Muscle glycogen
Far formation
Tissue oxidation

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7
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_____ _____ can’t be used for net synthesis of new glucose

A

Fatty acids

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8
Q

After dietary glucose is in blood, what three things can happen

A

1) energy production (first)
2) muscle glycogen
3) fat synthesis (last)

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9
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In the fed state, glucose leaves the intestine via the hepatic portal vein passing through the liver first. As ____ is being oxidized to ____ it is first oxidized to __#3____ in the pathway of ________. #3 is then oxidized to ________.

A
Glucose
CO2
Pyruvate 
Glycolysis 
Pyruvate 
Acetyl CoA
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10
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The liver does not store ______, but Packages them along with ______,_________, and ______ into lipoprotein complexes known as ____.

A
Triacylglycerols 
Proteins
Phospholipids
Cholesterol
VLDL
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11
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______ is the one fuel that can be used by all tissues.

A

Glucose

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12
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The brain and other neural tissues are very dependably on glucose for their energy needs. They generally _______ glucose via ______ and the _______ _______, completely to _____ and _____, generating _____.

A
Oxidize 
Glycolysis
TCA cycle
CO2
H2O
ATP
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13
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______ is the only fuel that can be use by RBC’s becomes they lack _______

A

Glucose

Mitochondria

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14
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Glucose generates ATP from ______ ________ in the _____, thus RBC obtain energy. In ________ ________ the ______ formed is converted to _________ and the. Released into blood.

A
Anaerobic glycolysis 
Cytosol 
Anaerobic glycolysis 
Pyruvate 
Lactate
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15
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Exercising skeletal muscle can use glucose from the blood of from their own glycogen stores, converting ______ to ________ through _________ or oxidizing it completely to ____ and _____

A
Glucose 
Lactate
Glycolysis 
CO2
H2O
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16
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Glucose is transported into muscle cells and converted to _____ by processes that are stimulated by _______.

A

Glycogen

Insulin

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17
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______ stimulates the transport if glucose into adipose cells a well as into muscle cells

A

Insulin

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18
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After glucose is transported into cells, it is ______ by a ______ to form _____

A

Phosphorylated
Hexokinase
Glucose 6 phosphate

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19
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The major fate if G6P is oxidation via the pathway of ________, which provides a source of ____ for all cell types.

A

Glycolysis

ATP

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20
Q

The process of glucose production is _______, which occurs primarily in the ______, is the pathway for the synthesis of glucose from compounds other than __________

A

Gluconeogenesis
Liver
Carbohydrates

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21
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The three regulatory steps of glycolysis

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1) pyruvate to phosphoenol pyruvate (PEP)
2) fructose 1,6 bis phosphate to fructose 6 phosphate
3) glucose 6 phosphate to glucose

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22
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After a meal containing carbohydrates, blood glucose levels _________. Some of the glucose from the diet is stored in the ______ as _______.

A

Rise
Liver
Glycogen

23
Q

_______ is elevated during the fed state, and ______ is elevated during fasting.

A

Insulin

Glucagon

24
Q

Fatty acid synthesis is in the _____ of the cell

A

Cytosol

25
Q

__________ is formed in the mitochondria

A

Acetyl CoA

26
Q

The two sources for NADPH required for fatty acid synthesis

A

1) malic enzyme

2) pentose phosphate pathway

27
Q

Acetyl CoA combines with ________to form ______ to be able to leave the mitochondria

A

Oxaloacetate

Citrate

28
Q

Once citrate is out if the mitochondria, it is cleaved by ________ lyase to form ______ and ______.

A

Citrate
OAA
Acetyl CoA

29
Q

Liver ____ is the primary source of blood _____ during the first few hours of ________.

A

Glycogen
Glucose
Fasting

30
Q

As blood glucose levels rise after a mea, the increases glucose conc stimulates the ______ cells of the pancreas to release ______

A

B cells

Insulin

31
Q

Glucagon levels decrease in response to a high________ meal but try increase in response to a high ______meal

A

Carbohydrate

Protein

32
Q

During fasting, as blood glucose levels decrease, insulin levels decrease and glucagon levels rise. These hormonal changes cause the ______ to degrade _______ by _______ to to produce _______ by ______ so that blood glucose levels are maintained

A
Liver 
Glycogen
Glycogenolysis
Glucose 
Gluconeogenesis
33
Q

Fat acids are synthesized mainly in the ____ on humans, with dietary glucose serving as the major source of _______.

A

Liver

Carbon

34
Q

The major source of carbon for synthesis of FA is dietary _________.

A

Carbohydrate

35
Q

The FA synthase complex is located in the ______, so it uses ________.

A

Cytosol

Cytosilic acetyl CoA

36
Q

The NADPH required for FA synthesis is generated by the________ _________ _______ and from recycling ______ produced by citrate lyase.

A

Pentose phosphate pathway

Oxaloacetate

37
Q

Fatty acid synthase forms

A

Palmitate

38
Q

After a meal
Blood glucose levels _____
Insulin levels ______
Glucagon levels ______

A

Decrease
Decrease
Increase

39
Q

Fasting: liver glycogen is degraded by ________, which supplies ______ to the blood.

A

Glycogenolysis

Glucose

40
Q

Adipose triacylglycerols are mobilized by the process of _________, which releases _______ and ________ into the blood.

A

Lipolysis
Fatty acids
Glycerol

41
Q

The liver partially oxidizes fatty acids to smaller molecules called ______ ______, which are released into the blood

A

Ketone bodies

42
Q

Major sources of carbon for gluconeogenesis

A

Lactate
Glycerol
Amino acid

43
Q

When the carbons of amino aids are converted to glucose by the liver, their nitrogen is converted to _____

A

Urea

44
Q

When we fast for three or more days we are in the

A

Starved state

45
Q

Product of glycolysis in RBCS and exercising muscle

A

Lactate

46
Q

Obtained from lipolysis of adipose TAG

A

Glycerol

47
Q

________ are the major source on energy during fasting

A

Adipose TAG

48
Q

The liver lacks an enzyme required for _____ ____ oxidation

A

Ketone body

49
Q

What are the two most prominent ketone bodies and the one minor

A

Acetoacetic acid
B hydroxy butyrate
Minor: acetone

50
Q

What amino acids are completely ketogenic

A

Leucine

51
Q

What amino acids are both ketogenic and glucogenic

A
Phe
Ile
Trp
Try
Lys
52
Q

Alanine becomes

A

Pyruvate

53
Q

Aspartic acid becomes

A

Oxaloacetic acid

54
Q

Glutamic acid becomes

A

a keto glutarate