QUESTION 1

1. Muscles can use ketone bodies, glucose, and fatty acidsfor energy.

   True

   False

1 points   

QUESTION 2

1. Lysine and arginine are the only purely ketogenic aminoacids.

   True

   False

1 points   

QUESTION 3

1. Arginine is a precursor for the synthesis of nitricoxide, a free radical gas.

   True

   False

1 points   

QUESTION 4

1. If thrown into a lake, a 10-pound slab of butter wouldsink to the bottom.

   True

   False

1 points   

QUESTION 5

1. Certain saturated fatty acids are called ‘essentialfatty acids’ (EFAs) because we cannot synthesize them, yet we needthem for several key biological functions.

   True

   False

1 points   

QUESTION 6

1. Cholesterol esters are weakly amphipathic.

   True

   False

1 points   

QUESTION 7

1. For a protein to be efficiently degraded by theproteasome, it must first bepolyubiquitinated.     

   True

   False

1 points   

QUESTION 8

1. Animals are dependent on plants and certainmicroorganisms for the synthesis of nitrogen-containing organiccompounds.

   True

   False

1 points   

QUESTION 9

1. Endogenous TAGs and fatty acids are carried to the liverby chylomicron remnants.

   True

   False

1 points   

QUESTION 10

1. The surface lipids and proteins of lipoprotein particleshave many covalent bonds between them that stabilize the particlesduring transport through the bloodstream.

   True

   False