Practice Exam Wrong Questions

Which hormone stimulates lipolysis in adipose tissue?

Epinephrine

Why does lactate build up during intensive exercise?

Glycolysis increases to meet unmet energy demand, resulting in increased pyruvate

How does the body get rid of nitrogen after deamination?

It is converted to urea in the liver

Why do fat-soluble vitamins require dietary fat for absorption?

Fat-soluble vitamins rely on bile acids released in response to dietary fat for absorption

Final metabolite of alcohol metabolism in the liver

acetate

how is RNA built from DNA

using the template strand in 5’ to 3’

effect of insulin on fed and fasting state

• fed state: circulating glucose levels would remain elevated due to impaired glucose uptake by cells

• fasted state: lipolysis would be enhanced leading to increased levels of free fatty acids

Once the glycogen supply is exhausted, how can glucose levels can be maintained in the blood?

Amino acids from protein are converted to glucose in the liver, then released

Which hormone is most closely associated with the regulation of gluconeogenesis?

glucagon

Which hormone promotes the breakdown of proteins into amino acids to be used for energy production?

cortisol

where does translation take place?

cytoplasm

Which of the following could occur if an individual was missing the transporter in the small intestine for an essential amino acid?

indivdual would be at risk of a nutritional deficiency