Lipid Metabolism - 1

Oxidation of fats release more energy in calories than oxidation of carbohydrates or proteins

• True

• False

Bile salts convert big fat droplets into smaller droplets called micelles

• True

• False

Pancreatic lipase is the 1st enzyme to bind micelles during digestion

• True

• False

Triglycerides break down as glycerol and 3 fatty acids in the intestine

• True

• False

Fats degraded at brush border cells are reassembled into triglycerides inside intestinal epithelial cells

• True

• False

Adipose tissue stores fats as small fat droplets

• True

• False

When chylomicron is secreted into lymph it turns "milky" because of high amounts of triglyceride

• True

• False

Big fat droplets are surrounded by mitochondria

• True

• False

L-carnitine helps transport fatty acids out of mitochondria to cytoplasm

• True

• False

During beta-oxidation the 2-carbon unit removed from fatty acid is called ________

• pyruvate

• acetic acid

• acetyl CoA

• oxaloacetate