Lipid Metabolism

A fatty acid with a single double bond is called

• saturated fatty acid

• monounsaturated fatty acid

• polyunsaturated fatty acid

• solid fatty acid

Triacylglycerol consists of

• 1 glycerol, 3 fatty acid

• 2 glycerol, 2 fatty acid

• 3 glycerol, 1 fatty acid

• 1 glycerol, 1 fatty acid

Lipolysis is the

• synthesis of triglyceride

• synthesis of fatty acid

• the breakdown of triglyceride

• the breakdown of fatty acid

Following lipolysis, glycerol enter the liver and is used to make

• acyl CoA

• acetyl CoA

• glucose

• oxaloacetate

Fatty acids undergo Beta-oxidation in the

• cytosol

• mitochondria

• nucleus

• ribosome