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21 Cards in this Set
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Soluble in organic solvents but insoluble to water |
Lipids |
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Abnormal increase of lipid inside the blood circulation |
Dyslipidemia |
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Main lipids in food |
Triglycerides |
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Can aquired from diet as well as from the liver |
Triglycerides |
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Responsible for endogenous triglycerides |
VLDL |
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Responsible for exogenous triglycerides |
Chylomicron |
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Triglyceride is a form of |
3 fatty acid in 1 glycerol |
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Percentage Ratio of fatty acid and glycerol into triglycerides |
95% fatty acid 5% glycerol |
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Acts as energy through the process of lipolysis |
Triglycerides |
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Biproduct of lipolysis |
Ketones |
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Fatty acid forms |
Free Bound in albumin Bound in glycerol |
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Has steroid/sterol |
Cholesterol |
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Made in liver hepatocytes from two acetate units |
Cholesterol |
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Synthesized by animals |
Cholesterol |
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Starting masterial of vitamid D |
Cholesterol |
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Producing bile acid that absorbs fat |
Cholesterol |
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Precursor of hormones |
Cholesterol |
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Steroid hormons |
POTA Placenta Ovaries Testes Adrenal |
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Glucocorticoids |
Costisol |
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Mineralocorticoids |
Aldosterone |
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2 types of cholesterol |
Esterified cholesterol Free cholesterol |
