ANSC 301 Final (including Minerals)

+ Energy Balance - Energy Balance - Input Output, gaining weight, consuming more that what is being used Output Input, losing weight, using more that what is being consumed 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 - The biologically active form of Vitamin D that acts as a hormone and maintain the Calcium/Phosphorous balance in the body 1st Law 2nd Law of Thermodynamics - Energy can neither be created nor destroyed (inter-converted, but heat cannot in the body) Entropy increases AA Imbalance - Deficit of one or several AA that can cause depression in growth or production and can be reversed by addition of small amounts of the AA Abnormal Ca:P ratio (2:1) - Ca deficiency usually results from absence of Vitamin D, low Ca and P intake, and *_________ Acetate - ________ is the predominant source of energy in the ruminant Acetic Acid Propionic Acid Butyric Acid - The most important VFAs are: 1. 2 carbons 2. 3 carbons 3. 4 carbons Acetone - When ketones are synthesized in the liver "sweet" smelling breath is experienced as a result of ______ Acetyl-CoA Synthase - After tissue uptake, acetate must be activated by _____ to Acetyl CoA before it can be further metabolized Acetate + CoA --?-- Acetyl CoA Adrenaline and Noradrenaline - Short term stress hormones from the adrenal medulla that increase lipid mobilization, glucose synthesis, BG, metabolic rate, and protein synthesis (Epinephrine and Norepinephrine) Alimentary Canal - Tube that runs from the mouth to the anus Allosteric Regulation - When an enzyme binds to the active site of a protein and a conformational change occurs on a different part of the protein