Lipid metabolism US Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
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Lipid metabolism Flashcard Deck - 10 Cards
Flashcard 101: When membrane phospholipids are in the _____ (cis or trans) configuration, they cause decreased membrane fluidity
Answer: trans
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Flashcard 102: Diabetic Ketoacidosis can present with _____ serum cholesterol, triglycerides, and free fatty acids
Answer: increased
Extra:
* Insulin deficiency -> lipolysis -> lipids -> released into bloodstream
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Flashcard 103: In the lymph, chylomicrons only express apoprotein _____
Answer: B-48
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Flashcard 104: Type _____ familial dyslipidemia is also known as Dysbetalipoproteinemia
Answer: III
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Flashcard 105: Abetalipoproteinemia is associated with malabsorption due to defective _____ formation, which requires apoB-48
Answer: chylomicron
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Flashcard 106: What cellular organelle is responsible for synthesizing Plasmalogens?
_____
Answer: Peroxisome
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Flashcard 107: Apoprotein _____ mediates chylomicron secretion by the intestines
Answer: B-48
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Flashcard 108: Krabbe disease is due to deficiency of the enzyme _____
Answer: galactocerebrosidase
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Flashcard 109: Which adrenal cortex deficiency results in shunting towards the androgen synthesis pathway?
_____
Answer: 21β-hydroxylase deficiency
Extra:
* causes shunting up and to the right into androgen synthesis pathway
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Flashcard 110: Farnesyl PPi is an intermediate of cholesterol synthesis that is important for synthesis of _____ (ETC)
Answer: coenzyme Q
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