Lipid metabolism — Flashcards

Flashcard 151: Which organ is responsible for the import and export of lipoproteins? _____

Answer: Liver

Extra: Sketchy Pharmacology: Blood & Inflammation (Dyslipidemia drugs)

Flashcard 152: As surfactant production is increased (fetal lung maturation), _____ levels increase, while _____ levels remain constant

Answer: lecithin

Flashcard 153: _____ HDL particles contain LCAT-generated cholesterol esters

Answer: Mature

Extra: Sketchy Pharmacology: Blood & Inflammation (Dyslipidemia drugs)

Flashcard 154: What substrates accumulate in the lysosomes of a patient with Krabbe disease? _____ and psychosine

Answer: Galactocerebroside

Flashcard 155: Where in the cell does β-oxidation occur? _____

Answer: Mitochondria

Flashcard 156: A cerebroside attached to an additional sugar and sialic acid is a(n) _____

Answer: ganglioside

Flashcard 157: _____ are the main source of cholesterol delivery to peripheral tissues in the body

Answer: LDLs

Extra: Sketchy Pharmacology: Blood & Inflammation (Dyslipidemia drugs)

Flashcard 158: What type of enzyme cleaves phospholipid ester bonds? _____

Answer: Phospholipases

Flashcard 159: Leukotrienes are synthesized from arachidonic acid by _____

Answer: 5-Lipoxygenase

Flashcard 160: The fungal cell membrane is composed of _____ as opposed to cholesterol

Answer: Ergosterol