Lipid Metabolism

Ketone bodies are formed from acetyl coA

• True

• False

Ketone body is formed during all of the following conditions, EXCEPT

• starvation

• vigorous exercise

• diabetes

• extreme diets

Blood pH becomes alkaline when ketone body levels are high

• True

• False

Ketone bodies are produced in the brain

• True

• False

Ketone bodies are formed when oxaloacetate levels are low

• True

• False

NADH is necessary for fatty acid synthesis

• True

• False

Fatty acid synthesis occurs in the mitochondria

• True

• False

Each round of fatty acid synthesis needs _______________

• malonyl CoA

• acetyl CoA

• L-carnitine

• Coenzyme A

Insulin synthesizes molecules such as glycogen, protein and lipids but not glucose

• True

• False

Glucagon can increase ketone body formation

• True

• False