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Lipid Vocab
Question | Answer |
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A family of chemical compounds that are a main component in every living cell | lipids |
The largest class of lipids; include nearly all of the fats and oils that people typically eat | triglycerides |
pockets of fat storing cells | adipose tissue |
most of the fatty acids contain all the hydrogen atoms that they can hold (single bonds) | saturated fat |
most of the fatty acids are missing hydrogen bonds | unsaturated fat |
the term that describes the unpleasant flavors that develop as fats oxidize | rancid |
when hydrogen is added to unsaturated fat, breaking some double bonds and putting in single bonds | hydrogenation |
a sterol, a fatty alcohol made from glucose or saturated fatty acids | cholesterol |
a mound of lipid material mixed with calcium and smooth muscle cells | plaque |
hardening of the arteries - a buildup of plaque along the inner walls of the arteries | atherosclerosis |
large, complex molecules of lipids and protein that carry lipids in the blood | lipoproteins |