FNDH 400 final Test Questions with Correct
Answers
Following digestion of starch, glucose and fructose would be the products left for uptake
into the enterocyte.
Following consumption of the _________, lipoprotein lipase would be active to cleave
fatty acids from lipoproteins like _______.
Ornish diet; VLDL
LDL is ____________ dense and more cholesterol-rich than VLDL from having
_________ during its formation.
smaller, more; triglycerides cleaved
Following consumption of a meal containing long chain fatty acids, _________ will be
released from the small intestine into _________ and travel through the _______ before
eventually reaching the liver as _________.
chylomicrons; lacteal; lymph; chylomicron remnants
Individuals with need to avoid consuming gluten, which is found in ______ products.
Celiac disease; wheat
If a person's cardiovascular disease risk warrants it based on an online calculator,
he/she should take a statin, which _______ HMG CoA reductase activity, thus
decreasing cholesterol _________.
inhibits; synthesis
Beta-oxidation _______ fatty acids ________ acetyl-CoA.
breaks down; into
, ________ synthesizes fatty acids from acetyl-CoA.
De novo lipogenesis
_______ is the anabolic synthesis of glycogen from glucose, ________ is the catabolic
________ of glucose to pyruvate.
Glycogenesis; glycolysis; breakdown
Name the tissue, organ, or cells that you learned about that does not perform the citric
acid cycle.
Red Blood Cells
If a person has been consuming a diet that lacks carbohydrates for a week, what would
the primary energy source be that the muscle would use to generate ATP.
Fatty Acids
What is carnitine's function related to macronutrient metabolism?
It helps to transport long-chain fatty acids into the mitochondria.
Why are not all compounds that are taken up into enterocytes eventually absorbed?
Because enterocytes are sloughed off, meaning that what compounds are within them are not
all necessarily absorbed.
A) During a fast, what would the adipose be secreting?
B) What hormone is stimulating this action?
Adipose secrets: Fatty Acids, Amino Acids
Hormone secreted Lipase
Answers
Following digestion of starch, glucose and fructose would be the products left for uptake
into the enterocyte.
Following consumption of the _________, lipoprotein lipase would be active to cleave
fatty acids from lipoproteins like _______.
Ornish diet; VLDL
LDL is ____________ dense and more cholesterol-rich than VLDL from having
_________ during its formation.
smaller, more; triglycerides cleaved
Following consumption of a meal containing long chain fatty acids, _________ will be
released from the small intestine into _________ and travel through the _______ before
eventually reaching the liver as _________.
chylomicrons; lacteal; lymph; chylomicron remnants
Individuals with need to avoid consuming gluten, which is found in ______ products.
Celiac disease; wheat
If a person's cardiovascular disease risk warrants it based on an online calculator,
he/she should take a statin, which _______ HMG CoA reductase activity, thus
decreasing cholesterol _________.
inhibits; synthesis
Beta-oxidation _______ fatty acids ________ acetyl-CoA.
breaks down; into
, ________ synthesizes fatty acids from acetyl-CoA.
De novo lipogenesis
_______ is the anabolic synthesis of glycogen from glucose, ________ is the catabolic
________ of glucose to pyruvate.
Glycogenesis; glycolysis; breakdown
Name the tissue, organ, or cells that you learned about that does not perform the citric
acid cycle.
Red Blood Cells
If a person has been consuming a diet that lacks carbohydrates for a week, what would
the primary energy source be that the muscle would use to generate ATP.
Fatty Acids
What is carnitine's function related to macronutrient metabolism?
It helps to transport long-chain fatty acids into the mitochondria.
Why are not all compounds that are taken up into enterocytes eventually absorbed?
Because enterocytes are sloughed off, meaning that what compounds are within them are not
all necessarily absorbed.
A) During a fast, what would the adipose be secreting?
B) What hormone is stimulating this action?
Adipose secrets: Fatty Acids, Amino Acids
Hormone secreted Lipase
