HUN 3224 – METABOLISM 1 UNIT 3 EXAM 2025 WITH
ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
How long is a straight hydro carbon chain? – Answer ☑️4-
24 carbon long
How long does a carbon chain have to be to be nutritionally
significant? – Answer ☑️14 + carbon long
Do most chains have an even or odd amount of carbons? –
Answer ☑️even
What type of fatty acid has one double bond? –
Answer ☑️monounsaturated fatty acid
What type of fatty acids have multiple double bonds? –
Answer ☑️polyunsaturated fatty acids
,What type of fatty acid has no double bonds? –
Answer ☑️saturated fatty acids
Is the cis or trans form predominant in polyunsaturated fatty
acids? – Answer ☑️cis
What do you need to add to an unsaturated fatty acid to
make it solid at room temperature? – Answer ☑️hydrogens
How do you name a fatty acid? – Answer ☑️- count the
number of carbons
- count the number of double bonds
- name accordingly to omega or alpha end
How many carbons apart are double bonds? – Answer ☑️3
When naming a fatty acid on the alpha side how many
double bonds do you name? – Answer ☑️all of them
,When naming a fatty acid on the omega side how many
double bonds do you name? – Answer ☑️only the first one
What group is the omega side? – Answer ☑️methyl group
What group is the alpha side? – Answer ☑️carboxyl group
What are the symbols for the omega side? – Answer ☑️w, n
What are the symbols for the alpha side? – Answer ☑️fish,
triangle
What is the nomenclature for linoleic acid? –
Answer ☑️18:2 w6 or 18:2 alpha 9,12
What is the nomenclature for alpha-linolenic acid? –
Answer ☑️18:3 w6 or 18:3 alpha 9,12,15
At what point do we lack the enzyme to add a double bond?
– Answer ☑️beyond the alpha 9
, If there is a double bond after alpha 9 in our body, how did it
get there? – Answer ☑️we ate it
What is an Eicosanoid modulated of? – Answer ☑️- blood
pressure
- platelet aggregation
- immune system
- nervous system
- smooth muscle contraction
What are the families of Eicosanoids? – Answer ☑️-
Prostacyclins
- Thromboxanes
- Leukotrienes
- prostaglandins
What are Eicosanoids synthesized from? – Answer ☑️-
arachidonate acid
- Eicosatrienoic acid
ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
How long is a straight hydro carbon chain? – Answer ☑️4-
24 carbon long
How long does a carbon chain have to be to be nutritionally
significant? – Answer ☑️14 + carbon long
Do most chains have an even or odd amount of carbons? –
Answer ☑️even
What type of fatty acid has one double bond? –
Answer ☑️monounsaturated fatty acid
What type of fatty acids have multiple double bonds? –
Answer ☑️polyunsaturated fatty acids
,What type of fatty acid has no double bonds? –
Answer ☑️saturated fatty acids
Is the cis or trans form predominant in polyunsaturated fatty
acids? – Answer ☑️cis
What do you need to add to an unsaturated fatty acid to
make it solid at room temperature? – Answer ☑️hydrogens
How do you name a fatty acid? – Answer ☑️- count the
number of carbons
- count the number of double bonds
- name accordingly to omega or alpha end
How many carbons apart are double bonds? – Answer ☑️3
When naming a fatty acid on the alpha side how many
double bonds do you name? – Answer ☑️all of them
,When naming a fatty acid on the omega side how many
double bonds do you name? – Answer ☑️only the first one
What group is the omega side? – Answer ☑️methyl group
What group is the alpha side? – Answer ☑️carboxyl group
What are the symbols for the omega side? – Answer ☑️w, n
What are the symbols for the alpha side? – Answer ☑️fish,
triangle
What is the nomenclature for linoleic acid? –
Answer ☑️18:2 w6 or 18:2 alpha 9,12
What is the nomenclature for alpha-linolenic acid? –
Answer ☑️18:3 w6 or 18:3 alpha 9,12,15
At what point do we lack the enzyme to add a double bond?
– Answer ☑️beyond the alpha 9
, If there is a double bond after alpha 9 in our body, how did it
get there? – Answer ☑️we ate it
What is an Eicosanoid modulated of? – Answer ☑️- blood
pressure
- platelet aggregation
- immune system
- nervous system
- smooth muscle contraction
What are the families of Eicosanoids? – Answer ☑️-
Prostacyclins
- Thromboxanes
- Leukotrienes
- prostaglandins
What are Eicosanoids synthesized from? – Answer ☑️-
arachidonate acid
- Eicosatrienoic acid
