What are the functions of fat in the body? correct answers fuel storage, cushion, temperature regulation, cell membrane,transport and raw material, hormone synthesis, nerve impulse
What are the functions of fat in food? correct answers concentrated calories, fat-soluble vitamins, aroma, flavor, ...
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What are the functions of fat in the body? correct answers fuel storage, cushion, temperature
regulation, cell membrane,transport and raw material, hormone synthesis, nerve impulse
What are the functions of fat in food? correct answers concentrated calories, fat-soluble vitamins,
aroma, flavor, texture,tenderness, satiety
True or False: Fat is the bodies major form of stored energy correct answers true
T or F: Fat forms the major material of the cell membranes correct answers true
T or F: Fat provides no nutrients correct answers False; it provide essential fatty acids, fat-
soluble vitamins, and other needed compounds.
What are the three types of lipids? correct answers triglycerides, phospholipids, sterols
What is another name for triglycerides? correct answers fatty acids
What is the structure of a triglyceride? correct answers 3 fatty acids + 1 glycerol molecule
In what two ways do fatty acids differ from one another? correct answers chain length and
degree of saturation
T or F: the shorter chain fatty acids or more unsaturated ones are harder correct answers False;
they are softer
What do fatty acids in food do? correct answers Influence the composition of fats in the body
What does it mean when a fatty acid is saturated? correct answers every available bond from the
carbon chain is holding a hydrogen atom
What does it mean when a fatty acid is unsaturated? correct answers the fatty acid carbon chain
has a place where hydrogens are missing
What is it called on a carbon chain where a hydrogen is missing? correct answers point of
unsaturation
What is a monounsaturated fatty acid? correct answers the carbon chain contains just one point
of unsaturation
What is a polyunsaturated fatty acid? correct answers the carbon chain contains two or more
points of unsaturation
, What is polyunsaturated often abbreviated as? correct answers PUFA
T or F: The more carbon atoms in a fatty acid, the longer it is correct answers True
T or F: The more hydrogen atoms attached to the carbons in a fatty acid, the more saturated the
fatty acid is correct answers True
What type of fatty acid is this? correct answers saturated
What type of fatty acid is this? correct answers polyunsaturated
What does the degree of saturation in a fatty acid of a fat determine? correct answers the fat's
softness or hardness
What does it mean if a glyceride is solid at room temperature? correct answers it contains more
saturated fat
What does it mean if a glyceride is liquid at room temperature? correct answers it contains less
saturated fat
T or F: fluid milk is a solid fat correct answers True
What is an essential Fatty Acid? correct answers fatty acids that the body needs but cannot make
What are the four types of fatty acids? correct answers saturated, monunsaturated, polyunsatured,
trans
what are the properties of saturated fatty acids? correct answers solid at room temp.
what are the health implications for saturated fats? correct answers not good
What are sources of saturated fatty acids? correct answers coconut oil, animal products
What are the properties of monounsaturated fatty acids? correct answers liquid at room temp.
What are the health implications for monounsaturated fatty acids? correct answers good:)
What are the sources of monounsaturated fatty acids? correct answers canola olive peanut
sesame oils
What are the properties of polyunsaturated fatty acids? correct answers liquid at room temp
What are the health implications for polyunsaturated fatty acids? correct answers good not great
What are the sources for polyunsaturated fatty acids? correct answers Plant oils, flaxseed and
fish oils
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