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Lipids
Question | Answer |
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Elements that make up Lipids | C, H, O |
The ratio of Hydrogen to oxygen in lipids | More than 2:1 |
The components of a triglyceride molecule | Three fatty acids and glycerol |
Bonds that form as a triglyceride is made | Ester |
The reaction that forms a triglyceride from 3 fatty acids and glycerol | condensation |
The reaction that breaks down a triglyceride into monomers | Hydrolysis |
Fats without double Carbon-Carbon bonds | Saturated |
Fats with at least 1 double Carbon-Carbon bond | Unsaturated |
A lipid needed to manufacture steroid hormones and some growth hormones | Cholesterol |
Molecules in which one of the fatty acids of a triglycerides is replaced with a phosphate | Phospholipid |
Energy need for the basic processes that are carried out in the body | Basal metabolic rate |
Fatty acids needed that we cant synthesise | Essential fatty acids |
Body Mass Index is calculated through | Body mass (Kg)divided by height (meters) squared |
'Bad' Cholesterol carrier | low density lipoproteins |
'good' Cholesterol carrier | High density lipoproteins |