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NURS 549 Week 2 Lipids - Statins Test With Complete Solution

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Lipid management - ANSWER concern for atherosclerotic plaque

lipid - ANSWER any physiologic substance that is fat-soluble

most lipids are good

cholesterol - ANSWER building block

primary structural compound of cell membrane

precursor to bile salts and steroid horomones

triglyceride (fatty acid/triaglycerol) - ANSWER major fuel source

3 fuel sourcs - ANSWER carbs (glucose)

protein (aminoacids)

fat (triglycerides)

glycerophospholipids/sphingolipids - ANSWER lipid molecules embedded in
cell membrane

give ability to interact with water

provide hydrophobic barrier between H2O and cholesterol

eicosanoids - ANSWER precursor to prostaglandins

bile salts - ANSWER help emulsify dietary fats

fat has to be broken down by lining of small intestine, bile breaks it down.

,built from cholesterol

steroid hormones - ANSWER glucocorticoids

mineral corticoids

sex hormones

assembled with cholesterol and other parts

fat soluble vitamins - ANSWER A vision

D calcium/phosphorous balance

E antioxidant -lots of cellular damage is oxidative

K intrinsic to clotting

main 2 lipids important in cardiovascular disease - ANSWER triglycerides and
cholesterol




either ingested or synthesized




triglycerides pathway - ANSWER start in gut if eaten




start in liver if made




then travel through plasma to muscle to be burned as fuel or adipose for fat
storage

, cholesterol pathway - ANSWER housed in free-cholesterol pool in liver to
make structures when needed




when eaten, has to go from gut to liver and travel through plasma




triglyceride ingestion - ANSWER major dietary lipid




have to be packaged in a way to move through plasma to avoid fat embolis.
requires mobilization




small intestine breaks it down -emulsified by bile salts -stored in gallbladder
-ejected into gut




lipase - ANSWER helps bile salts break down triglycerides into purest form
(monoacylgycerols and free fatty acids)




free fatty acids - ANSWER absorbed into intestinal epithelial cells then
reassembled to be used back in trigylceride form




intestinal epithelial cell inside - ANSWER reassembled triglyceride packaged

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