Quiz 2 Past Test Questions Flashcards
On average, cows milk has…
4.9% lactose, 87.3% water, 3.4% protein, and less than 10% of the fat found in marine mammal milk.
Rigor mortis
refers to the stiffness of muscles after death
often associated with sarcomere shortening
Which of the following will increase fluid retention in a fresh or cooked meat product?
presence of more marbling
prevention of elevated antemortem body temperature
On average, skeletal muscle is composed of approximately…
75% water, 18.5% protein, & 1% carbohydrate
Protein denaturation
can be caused by heat and acid
refers to change in protein structure or shape
can expose hydrophobic regions of proteins
Livestock slaughtered under USDA inspection
are individually inspected to determine that they are healthy
must be rendered intensible to pain before shackling and bleeding (unless Kosher of Halal)
are eligible to be graded to estimate quality and yield
Myoglobin
is a globular protein with a non-protein heme complex that contains iron
has a higher affinity for oxygen than the protein than hemoglobin
T or F? The isoelectric point is in the pH at which proteins will have no net charge, and will therefore repel each other.
False
T or F? Heavy cream can be churned to produce butter, which is over 80% fat.
True
T or F? Idaho ranks among the top five states for total milk production, and cows in Idaho produce more milk per cow than in California and Wisconsin.
True
T or F? Standardization of milk involves separation of heavy cream from skim milk, then blending of these two products achieve the desired fat content.
False
Milk is defined as the lacteal secretion, practically free from ___________ obtained by the complete milking of one or more healthy cows, which contains not less than 3.25% of milk fat and not less than _________% milk-solids-not-fat.
Colostrum
8.25
Beef quality grades are based on maturity and marbling, and the latter is a term used to describe ___________ fat (term used to describe the location of fat)
intramuscular
The most abundant protein in milk is ____________ and this is the major protein in cheese. Cheese is formed by coagulation of milk protein using acid and the enzyme ___________, to form curds. The proteins that do not coagulate during cheese formation are referred to as ___________ proteins.
casein
rennet
whey
_______________ (name of specific process) must kill coxiella burnetti, which is the most heat resistant ____________ in milk. A legal time-temperature minimum requirement for this process is _________degrees F for 15 seconds.
Pasteurization
Pathogen
161
During the conversion of muscle to meat, the _______ declines as a result of hydrogen ion accumulation during anaerobic __________ (specific metabolic process). If this occurs too rapidly, while the muscle temperature is relatively high, a condition known as _______________ (DFD or PSE, spell out) meat may occur.
pH
glycolysis
Pale, Soft, and Exudative
Bos Indicus cattle have elevated levels of the calpain protease inhibitor ____________. This decreases protein degradation and also decreases meat tenderness in this species.
calpastatin