4.3.1 What is Cholesterol

What is LDL

• The thing responsible for transporting cholesterol

• The thing responsible for removing extra cholesterol

• What is needed to maintain a healthy body

• A car company

What is HDL

• An organ in your body

• The thing that is responsible for making you healthy

• The thing that takes extra cholesterol out of your body

• The thing that puts cholesterol in your blood stream

How do LDL and HDL differ structurally and functionally?

• LDL transports cholesterol and HDL takes out extra cholesterol

• I have no idea

• LDL creates cholesterol and HDL transports it

• LDL gets rid of cholesterol and HDL creates it

Why do doctors monitor the concentrations of LDL and HDL in patients’ blood?

• Doctors measure LDL because too much can result in cholesterol plaques forming, HDL because they need to make sure that the levels are high enough to promote good health.

• They measure LDL HDL because they have to and its their job

• DOctors measure LDL to make sure cholesterol doesn't form, and they measure HDL so that they can get rid of cholesterol

How are the concentrations of LDL and HDL associated with the risk for heart disease and associated disorders?

• It can cut the heart off from the lungs

• Fat can build up inside the walls of the heart.

• It can stop your brain from getting oxygen

What other molecules in a patient’s blood are monitored along with LDL and HDL?

• Hydrogen

• Lithium

• Triglycerides

What do the results of a cholesterol test mean? How do patients interpret each value?

• They tell you your risk of buildup of plaque in arteries

• They tell you your blood pressure

• They tell you your heart beat

What can patients do to change the levels of LDL and HDL in their blood?

• A healthier diet can change the levels of LDL and HDL

• Eating more potato chips and drinking soda

• Doing nothing

How does intake of unsaturated, saturated, and trans fats affect cholesterol levels and overall health?

• Unsaturated fats can help lower your cholesterol and improve your overall health

• They do nothing to your health

• They improve your front part of the brain