Rich source of   energy-Structural       

components- Hormone   

precursors- Nerve insulators

Structural components

Energy source

Six Classes of Lipids- Fatty Acids

No double bonds between carbons (C – C )

Solid at room temperature

Animal sources

Six Classes of Lipids- Fatty Acids

Double bonds between carbon bonds ( C = C )

Usually liquid at room temp

Plant sources

Six Classes of Lipids- Fatty Acids

Double bonds between carbon bonds ( C = C )

Usually liquid at room temp

Plant sources

Six Classes of Lipids- Fatty Acids

Must be obtained from dietary sources

Transport fatty acids

Glycerol with 3 attached fatty acids

Excess carbohydrates are stored as triglycerides in ______

Diabetes mellitus

Alcoholism

Glycogen storage diseases

Hypothyroidism

Nephrosis

Pregnancy

Gout

Use of oral contraceptives

Hyperthyroidism

Major component of surfactant

Allows alveoli to distend when breathing

Lecithin and sphingomyelin are utilized to determine fetal lung maturity from amniotic fluid  ( L / S Ratio )

Cell membrane

Mitochondrial metabolism

Blood coagulation

Lipid transport

Phospholipids- cell structure

lipid end and

Phospholipids- cell structure

phosphate end

Cell membrane components

Red Blood Cells

Brain cells

Nerve cells

Involved in recognition of self and blood group antigens

Made of several ring structures connected to a long aliphatic chain and at least one hydroxyl group

Plant _____ are not well absorbed and can reduce absorption of cholesterol

Composed of several ring compounds, an aliphatic chain and one hydroxyl group

Primary sterol in humans and animals

Made of several ring structures connected to a long aliphatic chain and at least one hydroxyl group

Transported by HDL and LDL

comes from diet

synthesized by the liver

Hyperlipidemia

Atherosclerosis

Liver disease

Lipids are transported through the blood attached to proteins called_______

Atherosclerosis is caused by accumulations (plaques) of _______ and inflammatory cells on the walls of arteries

handful of different molecules  that interact with water insoluble fat molecules, and transports those fats in the plasma

allow fat to be dissolved in plasma

responsible for the interactions with cell membranes and enzymes to transport lipids to specific locations